Christmas Island

E34715

external territory of Australia island

Christmas Island is a remote Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean, best known for its unique red crab migration and rich marine and bird life.

Aliases (1)

Christmas Island (Australia) ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	external territory of Australia → island →
administeredBy	Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts →
area	135 square kilometres →
callingCode	+61 →
capital	Flying Fish Cove →
climate	tropical →
country	Australia →
currency	Australian dollar →
discoveredBy	William Mynors →
discoveryDate	25 December 1643 →
drivingSide	left →
economy	government services → phosphate mining → tourism →
formerColonialPower	United Kingdom →
governingBody	Australian government →
hasAirport	Christmas Island Airport →
hasEndemicSpecies	Abbott’s booby → Christmas Island frigatebird → Christmas Island red crab →
hasProtectedArea	Christmas Island National Park →
IATAcode	XCH →
internetTLD	.cx →
knownFor	annual red crab migration → rich marine life → seabird colonies → tropical rainforest →
largestSettlement	Flying Fish Cove →
legalSystem	Australian law →
locatedIn	Australasia → Indian Ocean → Southeast Asia →
majorReligions	Buddhism → Christianity → Islam →
namedAfter	Christmas Day →
officialLanguage	English →
partOf	Australian external territories →
percentageProtectedArea	over 60 percent of island →
population	approximately 2000 →
populationDensity	low →
primaryEthnicGroups	Chinese → European Australians → Malay →
regionalOrganization	Indian Ocean Rim Association →
sovereignState	Australia →
timeZone	UTC+07:00 →
transferDate	1958 →
transferredTo	Australia →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Australian pound → Straits dollar →	usedIn
Governor of the Straits Settlements →	appliesToJurisdiction
Straits Settlements →	contains
Western Australia →	containsIsland
Oceania →	containsTerritory
Indian Ocean →	hasMajorIsland
Pacific Islands →	hasPart
Australian Western Standard Time ("Christmas Island (Australia)") →	observedInTerritory
Australian dollar →	officialCurrencyOf
Haredi Jews →	populationCenter
Indian/Christmas →	territory
Indian/Christmas →	timeZoneOf