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Christmas Island, a Geological History

On Christmas Day 1643, British captain William Mynors of the East Indies Company sailed near a small Y-shaped island located in the Indian Ocean, south of Java and Sumatra, which he called, surprisingly, Christmas Island. Location of Christmas Island (Christmas Island) in the Indian Ocean. Image taken from Google Maps.Apart from the name so suggestive, this small island, which currently belongs to Australia, has another particularity that makes …
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On Christmas Day 1643, British captain William Mynors of the East Indies Company sailed near a small Y-shaped island located in the Indian Ocean, south of Java and Sumatra, which he called, surprisingly, Christmas Island. Location of Christmas Island (Christmas Island) in the Indian Ocean. Image taken from Google Maps.Apart from the name so suggestive, this small island, which currently belongs to Australia, has another particularity that makes …

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culturacientifica.com broke the news in on Thursday, December 18, 2025.
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