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Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising the island of the same name. It is located approximately 350 kilometres (190 nautical miles) south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 km (840 nmi) north-west of the closest point on the Australian mainland .
An enlargeable topographic map of Christmas Island. Geography of Christmas Island. Christmas Island is: an island and territory of Australia; Location: Southern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere; Eurasia (though not on the mainland) Asia. Southeast Asia. Maritime Southeast Asia; Time zone: UTC+07; Extreme points of Christmas Island
Kiritimati (Gilbertese pronunciation: [kiˈrɪsmæs]), also known as Christmas Island, is a Pacific Ocean atoll in the northern Line Islands. It is part of the Republic of Kiribati . The name is derived from the English word "Christmas" written in Gilbertese according to its phonology , in which the combination ti is pronounced /s/.
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It’s Christmas every day on Christmas Island, the 52-square-mile jungle paradise that sits in the Indian Ocean about a 3.5-hour plane flight northwest of Perth, Australia. Its thriving reefs and ...
English: Location of Christmas Island in the region. Date: 2 June 2011: ... This SVG map is part of a locator map series applying the widespread location map scheme.
This is a list of the extreme points of Kiribati, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. Northernmost point – Teraina (Washington Island), Line Islands; Easternmost point – Caroline Island, Line Islands; Southernmost point – Flint Island, Line Islands; Westernmost point - Banaba Island
Christmas Island National Park is a national park occupying most of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean southwest of Indonesia. [1] The park is home to many species of animal and plant life, including the eponymous Christmas Island red crab , whose annual migration sees around 100 million crabs move to the sea to spawn.