Christmas Island

Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island,is an Australian external territory comprising the island of the same name. It is located in the Indian Ocean, around south of Java and Sumatra and around northwest of the closest point on the Australian mainland. It lies northwest of Perth and south of Singapore. It has an area of . Christmas Island had a population of 1,692 residents , the majority living in settlements on the northern edge of the island. The main settlement i…