81. Christmas Island. The World Factbook. 2001 christmas island. (1995 est. pop. 890), 60 sq mi (155 sq km), in theIndian Ocean, c.200 mi (320 km) S of Java. The majority of the http://www.bartleby.com/151/c52.html

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82. IODA-Indian Ocean Diving Academy christmas island. English Version. HOME Indian OceanDiving Academy. Western Australia. Deutsche Version. http://www.ioda.cx/html-eng/christmas-island.html

Christmas Island English Version Western Australia Deutsche Version Photo Gallery Booking Dive Sites ... Climate C hristmas Island is 2300 km from Perth, 1400 km from the nearest part of the Australian mainland, 1300 km from Singapore and 360 km from Jakarta in Indonesia. F or you budding navigators out there this means that the township area is at about 105 degrees 40 minutes East and 10 degrees 25 minutes South - pretty close to the equator and pretty close to being just over a quarter of the way round the earth from Greenwich. office@ioda.cx

83. IODA-Indian Ocean Diving Academy christmas island. English Version. HOME Indian Ocean Diving Academy. Crabs Thered crap population on christmas island is estimated to be above 100 million. http://www.ioda.cx/html-eng/flora.html

Christmas Island English Version Western Australia Deutsche Version Photo Gallery Booking Dive Sites ... Climate C rabs The red crap population on Christmas Island is estimated to be above 100 million. They migrate - all at once between November and December. When they are 'on the move' they walk on or over everything in their path - roads, park benches, houses, the hotel, cars. They are harmless though and only intent upon mating to create even more red crabs! Other crabs include the Coconut or Robber crab - the largest terrestrial crab in the world. CI is home to the largest population of this endangered species on earth. You can see large numbers of these in the forest especially there one of the endemic Palms is fruiting. B irds Eight seabird species breed on Christmas Island but three are unique to the island: The Golden Bosun bird a subspecies of the Red-tailed Tropicbird, the Christmas Island Frigatebird with its huge, red, Pelican-like throat sac and the Abott's Booby. Amongst the landbirds there are six species unique to Christmas Island - the ubiquitous Imperial Pigeon, the night-active Hawk-owl, the CI White-eye, the CI Emerald Dove, The CI Goshawk, the CI Glossy Swiftlet

84. Australia's Best Diving: Cocos Islands And Christmas Island Australia's Best Diving. Cocos islands and christmas island. Join the Discussion. We're headed to Cairns/Port Douglas (Australia) in October. http://scuba.about.com/library/weekly/aa092100.htm

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85. Christmas Island - Wikipedia christmas island. The Territory of christmas island, is a territory of Australialocated in the Indian Ocean, northwest of Australia and south of Indonesia. http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Island

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86. National Geographic Travel Calendar: Spend Christmas On Christmas Island Spend christmas on christmas island christmas island, Australia // Map , 25 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/calendar/events/2002_dec25.html

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88. Geography Hall Of Fame geography geography Hall of Fame. miles. Largest Atoll (Land Area) ChristmasIsland (Kiritimari since 1980), Pacific Ocean, 94 square miles. http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0770092.html

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