Outline of Christmas Island
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Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Territory of Christmas Island
Christmas Island
The Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and ENE of the Cocos Islands....
is a small territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
, 2600 kilometres (1600 mi) northwest of Perth
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
in Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
, 500 kilometres (300 mi) south of Jakarta
Jakarta
Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...
, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, and 975 km ENE of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
The Territory of the Cocos Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Christmas Island and approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka....
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Christmas Island supports about 1,600 residents who live in a number of "settlement areas" on the northern tip of the island: Flying Fish Cove
Flying Fish Cove
Flying Fish Cove is the main settlement of Australia's Christmas Island. Many maps simply label it “The Settlement”. It was the first British settlement on the island, established in 1888. The cove is named after the survey vessel ....
(also known as Kampong), Silver City, Poon Saan
Poon Saan
Poon Saan is a small settlement on Christmas Island, an external territory of Australia. Ethnic Chinese make up the majority of inhabitants. In Chinese, Poon Saan means "halfway up the hill"....
and Drumsite.
It has a unique natural topography and is of immense interest to scientists and naturalists due to the number of species of endemic flora and fauna which have evolved in isolation and undisturbed by human habitation.
While there has been mining activity on the island for many years, 65% of its 135 square kilometres (52 sq mi) are now National Park and there are large areas of pristine and ancient rainforest
Rainforest
Rainforests are forests characterized by high rainfall, with definitions based on a minimum normal annual rainfall of 1750-2000 mm...
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Christmas Island
Christmas Island
The Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and ENE of the Cocos Islands....
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General reference
- PronunciationInternational Phonetic AlphabetThe International Phonetic Alphabet "The acronym 'IPA' strictly refers [...] to the 'International Phonetic Association'. But it is now such a common practice to use the acronym also to refer to the alphabet itself that resistance seems pedantic...
: - Common English country name: Christmas IslandChristmas IslandThe Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and ENE of the Cocos Islands....
- Official English country name: The AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n Territory of Christmas Island - Common endonym(s):
- Official endonym(s):
- Adjectival(s): Christmas IslandChristmas IslandThe Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and ENE of the Cocos Islands....
- Demonym(s):
- EtymologyEtymologyEtymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.For languages with a long written history, etymologists make use of texts in these languages and texts about the languages to gather knowledge about how words were used during...
: Name of Christmas Island - ISO country codes: CX, CXR, 162
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:CXISO 3166-2:CXISO 3166-2:CX is the entry for Christmas Island in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently no ISO 3166-2 codes are...
- InternetInternetThe Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
country code top-level domainCountry code top-level domainA country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....
: .cx.cx.cx is the country code top-level domain for Christmas Island. It is administered by Christmas Island Internet Administration , a community-owned non-profit company which also provides Internet service to the island's residents....
Geography of Christmas Island
- Christmas Island is: an islandIslandAn island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, cays or keys. An island in a river or lake may be called an eyot , or holm...
and territory of AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... - Location:
- Northern HemisphereNorthern HemisphereThe Northern Hemisphere is the half of a planet that is north of its equator—the word hemisphere literally means “half sphere”. It is also that half of the celestial sphere north of the celestial equator...
and Eastern HemisphereEastern HemisphereThe Eastern Hemisphere, also Eastern hemisphere or eastern hemisphere, is a geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian and west of 180° longitude. It is also used to refer to Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australasia, vis-à-vis the Western Hemisphere, which includes... - EurasiaEurasiaEurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
(though not on the mainlandMainlandMainland is a name given to a large landmass in a region , or to the largest of a group of islands in an archipelago. Sometimes its residents are called "Mainlanders"...
)- AsiaAsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
- Southeast AsiaSoutheast AsiaSoutheast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
- Maritime Southeast AsiaMaritime Southeast AsiaMaritime Southeast Asia refers to the maritime region of Southeast Asia as opposed to mainland Southeast Asia and includes the modern countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, East Timor and Singapore....
- Maritime Southeast Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Asia
- Time zoneTime zoneA time zone is a region on Earth that has a uniform standard time for legal, commercial, and social purposes. In order for the same clock time to always correspond to the same portion of the day as the Earth rotates , different places on the Earth need to have different clock times...
: UTC+07 - Extreme points of Christmas Island
- High: Murray HillMurray Hill, Christmas IslandMurray Hill is the highest point of Christmas Island, an external territory of Australia, at 361 metres above sea level.-External links: , GeoNames....
361 m (1,184 ft) - Low: Indian OceanIndian OceanThe Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
0 m
- High: Murray Hill
- Land boundaries: none
- Coastline: 138.9 km
- Northern Hemisphere
- Population of Christmas Island:
- Area of Christmas Island: 135 km2
- Atlas of Christmas Island
Environment of Christmas Island
- Climate of Christmas Island
- Environmental issues on Christmas Island
- Ecoregions in Christmas Island
- Renewable energy in Christmas Island
- Geology of Christmas Island
- Protected areas of Christmas Island
- Biosphere reserves in Christmas Island
- National parks of Christmas Island
- Wildlife of Christmas Island
- Flora of Christmas Island
- Fauna of Christmas Island
- Birds of Christmas Island
- Mammals of Christmas Island
Natural geographic features of Christmas Island
- Fjords of Christmas Island
- Glaciers of Christmas Island
- Islands of Christmas Island
- Lakes of Christmas Island
- Mountains of Christmas Island
- Volcanoes in Christmas Island
- Rivers of Christmas Island
- Waterfalls of Christmas Island
- Valleys of Christmas Island
- World Heritage Sites in Christmas Island: None
Ecoregions of Christmas Island
- Main article: Ecoregions in Christmas Island
Municipalities of Christmas Island
- Capital of Christmas Island: Flying Fish Cove
- Cities of Christmas Island
Government and politics of Christmas Island
- Main article: Government of Christmas Island and Politics of Christmas IslandPolitics of Christmas IslandChristmas Island is a Local Government Area of Australia....
- Form of governmentForm of governmentA form of government, or form of state governance, refers to the set of political institutions by which a government of a state is organized. Synonyms include "regime type" and "system of government".-Empirical and conceptual problems:...
: local government areaLocal Government AreaA local government area is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country but it is generally a subdivision of a state, province, division, or territory.... - Capital of Christmas Island: Flying Fish Cove
- Elections in Christmas Island
- (specific elections)
- Political parties in Christmas Island
- Political scandals of Christmas Island
- Taxation in Christmas Island
Executive branch of the government of Christmas Island
- Head of stateHead of StateA head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
: President of Christmas Island - Head of governmentHead of governmentHead of government is the chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet. In a parliamentary system, the head of government is often styled prime minister, chief minister, premier, etc...
: Prime Minister of Christmas Island - Cabinet of Christmas Island
Legislative branch of the government of Christmas Island
- Parliament of Christmas Island (bicameral)
- Upper houseUpper houseAn upper house, often called a senate, is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house; a legislature composed of only one house is described as unicameral.- Possible specific characteristics :...
: Senate of Christmas Island - Lower houseLower houseA lower house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the upper house.Despite its official position "below" the upper house, in many legislatures worldwide the lower house has come to wield more power...
: House of Commons of Christmas Island
- Upper house
Judicial branch of the government of Christmas Island
- Supreme Court of Christmas IslandSupreme Court of Christmas IslandThe Supreme Court of Christmas Island was the highest court for Christmas Island, an external territory of Australia. The court was originally established in 1958 after sovereignty over the island was transferred from the United Kingdom to Australia. The court had jurisdiction to deal with all...
Law and order in Christmas Island
- Main article: Law of Christmas Island
- Capital punishment in Christmas Island
- Constitution of Christmas Island
- Crime in Christmas Island
- Human rights in Christmas Island
- LGBT rights in Christmas Island
- Freedom of religion in Christmas Island
- Law enforcement in Christmas Island
Military of Christmas Island
- Main article: Military of Christmas Island
- Command
- Commander-in-chiefCommander-in-ChiefA commander-in-chief is the commander of a nation's military forces or significant element of those forces. In the latter case, the force element may be defined as those forces within a particular region or those forces which are associated by function. As a practical term it refers to the military...
- Ministry of Defence of Christmas Island
- Commander-in-chief
- Forces
- Army of Christmas Island
- Navy of Christmas Island
- Air Force of Christmas Island
- Special forces of Christmas Island
- Military history of Christmas Island
- Military ranks of Christmas Island
History of Christmas Island
- Main article: History of Christmas Island, Timeline of the history of Christmas Island, and Current events of Christmas Island
- Economic history of Christmas Island
- Military history of Christmas Island
Culture of Christmas Island
- Main article: Culture of Christmas Island
- Architecture of Christmas Island
- Cuisine of Christmas Island
- Ethnic minorities in Christmas Island
- Festivals in Christmas Island
- Humor in Christmas Island
- Languages of Christmas Island
- Media in Christmas Island
- National symbols of Christmas Island
- Coat of arms of Christmas Island
- Flag of Christmas IslandFlag of Christmas IslandThe flag of Christmas Island was unofficially adopted in 1986 after being chosen the winner in a competition for a flag for the territory. It was designed by Tony Couch of Sydney, Australia. The flag was made official on Australia Day, 2002 when the administrator of the territory, Bill Taylor,...
- National anthem of Christmas Island
- People of Christmas Island
- Prostitution in Christmas Island
- Public holidays in Christmas IslandPublic holidays in Christmas IslandThis is a list of public holidays in Christmas Island...
- Records of Christmas Island
- Religion in Christmas Island
- Buddhism in Christmas Island
- Christianity in Christmas Island
- Hinduism in Christmas Island
- Islam in Christmas Island
- Judaism in Christmas Island
- Sikhism in Christmas Island
- World Heritage Sites in Christmas Island: None
Art in Christmas Island
- Art in Christmas Island
- Cinema of Christmas Island
- Literature of Christmas Island
- Music of Christmas Island
- Television in Christmas Island
- Theatre in Christmas Island
Sports in Christmas Island
- Main article: Sports in Christmas Island
- Football in Christmas Island
- Christmas Island at the Olympics
Economy and infrastructure of Christmas Island
- Main article: Economy of Christmas Island
- Agriculture in Christmas Island
- Banking in Christmas Island
- National Bank of Christmas Island
- Communications in Christmas Island
- Internet in Christmas Island
- Companies of Christmas Island
- Currency of Christmas IslandCurrencyIn economics, currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange. These are usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government, which comprise the physical aspects of a nation's money supply...
: DollarAustralian dollarThe Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu...
- ISO 4217ISO 4217ISO 4217 is a standard published by the International Standards Organization, which delineates currency designators, country codes , and references to minor units in three tables:* Table A.1 – Current currency & funds code list...
: AUDAudAud might refer to*Australian dollar *Ambedkar University, Delhi *American University in Dubai *Doctor of Audiology *Auðr, the son of Nótt and Naglfari in Norse mythology...
- ISO 4217
- Economic history of Christmas Island
- Energy in Christmas Island
- Energy policy of Christmas Island
- Oil industry in Christmas Island
- Mining in Christmas Island
- Tourism in Christmas Island
- Christmas Island ResortChristmas Island ResortThe 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 lying about 300 km south of Java and 1600 km north-west of the Australian mainland...
- Christmas Island Resort
- Transport in Christmas Island
- Christmas Island Stock Exchange
Infrastructure of Christmas Island
- Health care in Christmas Island
- Transportation in Christmas Island
- Airports in Christmas Island
- Rail transport in Christmas Island
- Roads in Christmas Island
- Water supply and sanitation in Christmas Island
See also
- Index of Christmas Island-related articles
- List of Christmas Island-related topics
- List of international rankings
- Outline of AsiaOutline of AsiaThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Asia:Asia – world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
- Outline of Australia
- Outline of geographyOutline of geographyThe following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to geography:Geography – science that studies the lands, features, inhabitants, and phenomena of Earth.- Geography is :...
External links
- Christmas Island Shire - official government website
- Christmas Island Tourism Association - official tourism website
- Christmas Island Act 1958
- Christmas Island Travel Guide from Unearth Travel a creative commons travel wiki