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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 .
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/.
Kiritimati (previously Christmas Island) in the Line Islands has the largest land area of any atoll in the world. Based on a 1995 realignment of the International Date Line, the Line Islands were the first area to enter into a new year, including the year 2000. For that reason, Caroline Island was renamed Millennium Island in 1997. [111]
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 ...
Administrator of Christmas Island: 10 March 1992 () 9 March 1994 () 1 year, 364 days: −: Peter Woods: Acting Administrator of Christmas Island: 10 March 1994 () 30 June 1994 () 112 days: 16: Danny Ambrose Gillespie: Administrator of Christmas Island: 1 July 1994 () 30 June 1996 ()
Christmas Island premieres on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. ET on Hallmark Channel. When can I watch Christmas Island again? Sunday, Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. ET. Thursday, Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. ET.
Also in the Caribbean, Page owns Eustatia Island, on the eastern end of the British Virgin Islands. In 2020, Page expanded to the South Pacific, purchasing a majority share in the deed for the ...
The Christmas Island Resort, often called the Christmas Island Casino, is a holiday resort on Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the north-eastern Indian Ocean about 380 kilometres (240 mi) south of Java and 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) north-west of the Australian mainland. [1] The resort, including an integrated casino, opened in late ...