Rosebud: Christmas Island International Airport - Christmas Island

2 -10.45°, 105.69° E
About location

Christmas Island lies in the Indian Ocean, a raised limestone island where a forested plateau drops towards steep coastal terraces and reef-fringed shores. Christmas Island International Airport is the island’s only airport, located on the plateau near the main settlement of Flying Fish Cove. Its airfield provides an essential connection between this remote Australian external territory and the outside world. Christmas Island is internationally recognised for endemic wildlife, above all the annual migration of millions of red crabs from the interior towards the coast. Phosphate mining shaped the island’s modern settlement pattern, while protected rainforest and shoreline habitats remain central to its character.

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