Christmas Island, in the Pacific, is in 1° 57' N. lat., and 157° 27' W. long., with some guano deposits, and is a British possession. Another Christmas Island, annexed to Britain in 1888, lies about 250 miles SW. 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.
Christmas Island
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 3: Catarrh to Dion, p. 223
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