Christmas Island Location On World Map

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Christmas island location on world map. Click on the info icons for more information about a location. The sovereignty of christmas island was transferred to australia by the uk after a payment of m 20 million to singapore as a compensation. Christmas island politics history leaders. The orthographic azimuthal projection for the globe and the simple geographic projection for the rectangular part of the map.

Christmas island is located in the indian ocean around 350 kilometres 220 mi south of java and sumatra and around 1 550 kilometres 960 mi north west of the closest point on the australian mainland. 190 miles south of jakarta indonesia about 1 700 miles north of perth australia and about 2 100 miles southeast of madras india. Christmas island map australia mapcarta oceania. Phosphate mining on the island began in 1899.

As of 2014 christmas island was the 199th largest exporter in the world with export products including phosphate products and computers. The island volcanic in origin is the summit of a submerged mountain. Find local businesses view maps and get driving directions in google maps. Leaseholders 1 jan 1891 4 feb 1897 george clunies ross b.

The island was formerly known until 1981 as christmas island. Steep sea cliffs surround most of the island rising to a central plateau up to 361 meters high. With interactive christmas island map view regional highways maps road situations transportation lodging guide geographical map physical maps and more information. On christmas island map you can view all states regions cities towns districts avenues streets and popular centers satellite sketch and terrain maps.

Kiritimati is one of the line islands a chain of atolls and coral islands on both sides of the equator in the central pacific ocean 2 000 km 1 250 mi south of hawaii. The territory of christmas island is an australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. Christmas island is one of the islands of the indian ocean south of indonesia and some distance northwest of australia of which it is a territory. Satellite view and map of kiritimati pronounced ki ris mas the largest atoll in the world.

It leads to a small car park and on to a 1 4km marked.