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Encyclopedia > Flying Fish Cove

Flying Fish Cove is the main settlement of the Australian Christmas Island. It was the the first British settlement since 1888. 1888 is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...


In Flying Fish Coves lives about a third of the territory's total population. It is located in the northeast of the island; there is a small harbour which serves tourists with yachts, and an airfield some kilometers southeast from Flying Fish Cove. It is possible to dive at the settlement's beach. A harbor (or harbour) or haven is a place where ships may shelter from the weather or are stored. ... A yacht A yacht was originally defined as a light, fast sailing vessel used to convey important persons. ...


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Christmas Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2331 words)
In 1887, Captain Maclear of HMS Flying Fish, having discovered an anchorage in a bay that he named Flying Fish Cove, landed a party and made a small but interesting collection of the flora and fauna.
Soon afterwards, a small settlement was established in Flying Fish Cove by G. Clunies Ross, the owner of the Keeling Islands, and phosphate mining began in the 1890s using indentured workers from Singapore, China, and Malaysia.
A container port exists at Flying Fish Cove with an alternative container unloading point to the south of the island at Norris Point for use during the December to March 'swell season" of seasonal rough seas.
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