Christmas Island is a small Australian territory located in the Indian Ocean, south of Indonesia and northwest of mainland Australia.

Quick Scoop

  • It lies about 350–500 km south of Jakarta, Indonesia, making Indonesia its nearest major neighbour.
  • It is roughly 1,500–2,600 km northwest of the Australian mainland (and Perth), and about 1,550 km from the nearest point on the Australian coast.
  • Politically, it is an external territory of Australia, even though it sits much closer to Southeast Asia than to Australia itself.

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