Geography Of Christmas Island

Location	Southeastern Asia, island in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia
Geographic coordinates	10 30 S, 105 40 E
Map references	southeast_asia
Area	total: 135 sq km water: 0 sq km land: 135 sq km
Area comparative	about 0.7 times the size of Washington, DC
Land boundaries	0 km
Coastline	80 km
Maritime claims	territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 12 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Climate	tropical with a wet and dry season; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds; wet season December to April
Terrain	steep cliffs along coast rise abruptly to central plateau
Elevation extremes	lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: Murray Hill 361 m
Natural resources	phosphate, beaches
Land use	arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% note: mainly tropical rainforest; 63% of the island is a national park (2001)
Irrigated land	NA sq km
Natural hazards	the narrow fringing reef surrounding the island can be a maritime hazard
Environment - current issues	NA
Environment - international agreements
Geography note	located along major sea lanes of Indian Ocean

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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.

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