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OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

6/ The "capital" (largest village) of Christmas Island πŸ‡¨πŸ‡½ is the delightfully named Flying Fish Cove, named after the HMS Flying Fish, a British πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ surveying vessel which first mapped the island in detail.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Flyi

The "city" has a population of about 1,600.

#geoweirdness

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OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

7/ πŸ‡¨πŸ‡½ Christmas Island's flag, like πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Australia's, features the Southern Cross, as do the flags of Brazil πŸ‡§πŸ‡·, New Zealand πŸ‡³πŸ‡Ώ, Papua New Guinea πŸ‡΅πŸ‡¬, and Samoa πŸ‡ΌπŸ‡Έ

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_

The flag also features a map of the island. Two countries have maps on their flags: Cyprus πŸ‡¨πŸ‡Ύ and Kosovo πŸ‡½πŸ‡° #MapsintheWild

#geoweirdness

OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

8/ Christmas Island πŸ‡¨πŸ‡½ also offers us a great example of the challenge of geocoding: there is another Australian πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί Christmas Island, a small island north of Tasmania (-39.68, 143.82001)

OpenCage πŸ‘‰πŸŒ

9/ We close our #geoweirdness thread about Christmas Island πŸ‡¨πŸ‡½ by wishing all of our followers a very merry Christmas. Thanks for for following us, reading and boosting. Enjoy the break and come back charged up for 2024.

If you enjoyed this thread you will also like our look at the #geoweirdness of Australia πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί
en.osm.town/@opencage/10973222

We have more threads about specific countries, border disputes, geocoding, etc on our blog.

Enjoy: blog.opencagedata.com/geothrea

9/ We close our #geoweirdness thread about Christmas Island πŸ‡¨πŸ‡½ by wishing all of our followers a very merry Christmas. Thanks for for following us, reading and boosting. Enjoy the break and come back charged up for 2024.

If you enjoyed this thread you will also like our look at the #geoweirdness of Australia πŸ‡¦πŸ‡Ί
en.osm.town/@opencage/10973222

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