What is the history of Christmas Island?

Christmas Island began appearing on the charts of English and Dutch navigators from the early 1600s. But it wasn’t until 1643 that Captain William Mynors of the British East India Company named the island after sighting it on Christmas Day.

Is Christmas Island a volcano?

The Christmas Island Seamount Province (also known as the Christmas Island Seamounts) is an unusual seamount (submarine volcano) formation named for Christmas Island, an Australian territory and wildlife reserve that is also part of the chain.

When was Christmas Island established?

1888

What was Christmas island famous for?

This tiny dog-shaped island was named on Christmas Day, 1643 by an English sea captain. Today it’s a lush, off-the-beaten-path tourist destination famed for its caves and coral reefs. The biggest yearly attraction is the migration of fifty million red crabs down to the sea to spawn.

What animals live on Christmas Island?

Red crab.
Blue crab.
Ghost crabs.
Hermit crabs.
Mottled crab.
Purple crab.
Red nipper.
Robber crab.

Are dogs allowed on Christmas Island?

Importation of cats and dogs The importation of dogs and cats into Christmas Island is prohibited by the Importation of Dogs and Cats Ordinance 1973, due to concerns about environmental, social, cultural, animal health and welfare issues.

Which creature is only found on the Christmas Island and Coconut Islands?

The spectacular wildlife found on the Australian island is unique to that environment. Perhaps the most spectacular is the Christmas Island Red Crab a species of crustacean that can only be found on select islands in the Indian Ocean.

What animal is Christmas Island famous for?

Christmas Island is renowned for its tropical seabird rookeries and a wealth of forest bird species.

Does Christmas Island have palm trees?

About 213 species of vascular plant are native to the island, with sixteen of them endemic. Mid-storey species include two endemic trees, the Christmas Island palm, Arenga listeri and the screw pine Pandanus elatus.

How did the Christmas Island pipistrelle go extinct?

According to an IUCN press release, the pipistrelle’s extinction “may have been a combination of increased predation by introduced species, impacts of invasive Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) on its habitat and on its invertebrate prey species, or possibly an unknown disease.”

What has recently gone extinct?

11 Recently Extinct Animals

of 11. Pinta Giant Tortoise. Arturo de Frias Marques / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0.
of 11. Splendid Poison Frog. Marcos Guerra / STRI.
of 11. Spix’s Macaw.
of 11. Pyrenean ibex.
of 11. Bramble Cay Melomys.
of 11. Western Black Rhino.
of 11. Moorean Viviparous Tree Snail.
of 11. Po’ouli.

Are Christmas Island pipistrelle extinct?

The Christmas Island pipistrelle, a bat species found only on an Australian island, has been declared extinct. The final nail in the coffin was hammered in as part of the latest update to the Red List of Threatened Species, which is maintained by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

What bats are extinct?

Not extinct