Flying Fish Cove

Flying Fish Cove is the main settlement of Australia's Christmas Island. Many maps simply label it “The Settlement”.[1] It was the first British settlement on the island, established in 1888. The cove is named after the survey vessel HMS Flying Fish.

About a third of the territory's total population of 1,600 lives in Flying Fish Cove. 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. [2]

Notes

  1. ^ Christmas Island settlement [electronic resource] /​ produced by the Royal Australian Survey Corps under the direction of the Chief of the General Staff. Ed. 2-AAS. Canberra : Royal Australian Survey Corps, 1983. Scale 1:10 000 transverse Mercator proj. “Series R911”
  2. ^ see http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/37980090?searchTerm=flying%20fish%20cove&searchLimits= for the Western Mail 19 January 1917 page 24, article and photo

Further reading

Capitals of Oceania
Capitals of non-sovereign territories shown in SmallCaps
1 Territory of Australia.  2 Often included in Polynesia.  3 Often included in Southeast Asia.  4 Overseas collectivity of France.  5 Often included in Australasia.  6 Insular area of the United States.  7 Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.8 In free association with New Zealand.  9 Territory of Chile.  10 U.S. state.11 New Zealand dependent territory.