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Christmas Island
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Christmas Island · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov
Seen from outside
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 about 350 kilometres (190 nautical miles; 220 miles) south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 km (840 nmi; 960 mi) north-west of the closest point on the Australian mainland. It has an area of 135 square kilometres (52 sq mi). Christmas Island's geographic isolation and history of minimal human disturbance has led to a high level of endemism among its flora and fauna, which is of interest to scientists and naturalists.
Pictures
A Taoist templeDIAC images · CC BY 2.0 
William Dampier (left) and Charles Swan (right) aboard the latter's ship Cygnet, as illustrated in a work by Jules Verne. Dampier was the first visitor to…Charles Barbant · Public domain 
The Settlement, also called Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island's capitalDavid Stanley · CC BY 2.0 
Immigration Detention CentreDIAC images · CC BY 2.0 
Flying Fish Cove in golden twilightDIAC images · CC BY 2.0 
Driving on the backroads of Christmas IslandDIAC images · CC BY 2.0
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