Where is Christmas Island?

Which country does Christmas Island belong to?

Christmas Island or Christmas Island belongs to Australia and is located 350 km off the coast of Sumatra, in the Indian Ocean. It occupies 135 km2, in which just under 2000 people live. It was discovered on Christmas Day 1643 by Captainilli The island has many peculiarities: famous for its ecology with the migrations of red crabs and for the protection of the phenomenon by the inhabitants, it has also been the center of controversy, for the phosphate mines on the island and for a detention center for migrants, no longer active today.

Although it had already appeared in the nautical charts of Dutch and English navigators since 1600, it was not until 1643 that the English captain W In 1887 large deposits of phosphate were discovered on the island, and the following year Britain decided to annex the island, entrusting two naturalists, Mur Thus the Christmas Island Phosphate Company was founded, with labor coming mainly from China, Malaysia and partly from Europe.