Christmas Island
Australian territory, Pacific
Christmas Island is an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, known for its annual red crab migration and as the site of an immigration detention center.
A separate Christmas Island in the Pacific, part of Kiribati, is also called Kiritimati.
Both were named for being encountered on Christmas Day by European explorers.
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
- Indian OceanSea south of Asia
- tropical paradiseIdyllic warm coastal locale
- seabirdsOcean-dwelling avians
- sea turtle nestingBeach egg burial behavior
national park · territory · tropical rainforest · detention center · boat people · endemic species · remote · ecotourism · Kiribati · palm · nature reserve · limestone cliffs · coral reef · wildlife · lagoon · ranger · whale sharks · equator
- Australian Islands
- islandsisle, isles, islet, islets, atoll
- AustraliaSydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Canberra
- Fishing DestinationsAlaska, Bahamas, Belize, British Columbia, Costa Rica
- territoriesprovince, state, region, country, colony
- tropical islandsatolls, coral islands, volcanic islands, lagoons, reefs
festive naming vs non-festive naming
Christmas IslandEaster Island
Remote volcanic island with monoliths
island, Christmas, islanders, islander, Christmases, Christmastime, Christmassy