🇨🇽 Christmas Island
Time, holidays, currency and practical info for Christmas Island.
Current time in Christmas Island
Indian/Christmas · GMT+7
Time zones in Christmas Island
Upcoming public holidays in Christmas Island
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At a glance
- Capital
- —
- Region
- Oceania
- Subregion
- Australia and New Zealand
- Population
- 1,692
- Area
- 135 km²
- Currency
- AUD $
- Calling code
- +61
- Driving side
- left
- Languages
- eng
- Internet TLD
- .cx
About
Christmas Island, officially the Territory of Christmas Island, is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean comprising the island of the same name. It is about 350 kilometres south of Java and Sumatra and about 1,550 km (840 nmi) north-west of the closest point on the Australian mainland. It has an area of 135 square kilometres (52 sq mi). Christmas Island's geographic isolation and history of minimal human disturbance has led to a high level of endemism among its flora and fauna, which is of interest to scientists and naturalists. The territory derives its name from its discovery on Christmas Day 1643 by Captain William Mynors.
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