Fun fact 5 about Christmas Island
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Phosphate mining was the only significant economic activity on Christmas Island until the mine was closed in 1987.
Christmas Island
Australia
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Christmas Island
Australia
Area
135 km²
Location
Australia
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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