Christmas Island
ND, a British island in the Pacific in 1° 57′ N. lat., and 157° 27' W. long., with some guano deposits. It was discovered by Cook, December, 1777. Another Christmas Island, annexed to Great Britain in 1888, lies about 250 miles S. W. of Java (11° S., 105° 30′ E.), is 6 miles long by 4 broad, partly volcanic, partly coralline in structure, with rich phosphate deposits (worked since 1897). There is a third Christmas Island off Cape Breton.