Where is Christmas Island?

(1) coral island in the Pacific Lane Islands. At north latitude 1 59' and west longitude 157 30'. The largest atoll in the Pacific Ocean. The total area is 600 square kilometers, of which the land area is 363 square kilometers. Population: 1, 290 (1978). It became a British colony from 65438 to 0888. It was once used as a nuclear weapon test base for Britain and the United States. Develop coconut cultivation after 1970. A stopover on the Hawaii-Tarawa route.

There are island countries in the south-central Pacific called Kiribati and the United States. It consists of three islands, namely gilbert islands in the west, Phoenix Islands in the middle and Lane Islands in the east. Christmas Island is one of the three islands in the northern Lane Islands. From the map, Christmas Island is one of the smallest islands on the earth, but in fact it is the largest lagoon island in the world, covering an area of 640 square kilometers.

(2) Indian Ocean Islands. Australian overseas territory. Area 135 km2. Population: 3255( 1977). More than half of them are Chinese, and the rest are Malays and Europeans. Australia's overseas territory. Located 360 kilometers south of Java Island, south latitude 10 30' and east longitude 105 40'. Area 135 km2, population 1508 (200 1). Christmas Island is one of the few regions in the world where Chinese are the main population, of which Chinese account for 6 1%, Malays for 25%, Europeans for 1 1%, and English is the official language. The rocky shore is steep, and only Feiyu Bay can be used for berthing ships. Dense trees 1888 was occupied by Britain. 1900 merged into Singapore. 1958 belongs to Australia. There are abundant apatite minerals here, which are jointly exploited by Australian and New Zealand companies.