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Fun fact 2 about Christmas Island

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 Christmas Island in 1688.
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Christmas Island is about 19 kilometres in length and 14.5 kilometres in breadth.

Christmas Island
Australia
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Christmas Island

Australia

Area
135 km²
Location
Australia
58th largest island in the world

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 south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 km (840 nmi) north-west of the closest point on the Australian mainland.

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