Location: Southeastern Asia, in the Indian Ocean, between Australia and Indonesia

Map references: Southeast Asia

Area:
total area: 135 sq km
land area: 135 sq km
comparative area: about 0.8 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 138.9 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 3 nm

International disputes: none

Climate: tropical; heat and humidity moderated by trade winds

Terrain: steep cliffs along coast rise abruptly to central plateau

Natural resources: phosphate

Land use:
arable land: 0%
permanent crops: 0%
meadows and pastures: 0%
forest and woodland: 0%
other: 100%

Irrigated land: NA sq km

Environment:
current issues: NA
natural hazards: almost completely surrounded by a reef
international agreements: NA

Note: located along major sea lanes of Indian Ocean

NOTE: The information regarding Christmas Island on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Christmas Island Geography 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Christmas Island Geography 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.