Christmas Island is located 1,400 miles southwest of Hawaii, near the Equator, dead center in the middle of the Pacific.
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It is the world’s largest atoll, meaning that it was once an enormous volcano that over time, eroded so completely that there was nothing left of it above sea level, and then through the growth of coral on the hard submerged outer edges, it re-emerged as the low-lying island and flats fishing paradise we know today. For those more concerned with natural wonders than amenities, there are few places that compare.
