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Ashmore and Cartier Islands
| Location |
Indian Ocean NW of Australia |
| Latitude and longitude |
12 14 S, 123 05 E |
| Sovereignty |
Australia |
| Political status notes |
Officially, "Territory of Ashmore and
Cartier Islands" |
| Population |
inhabited by caretakers only |
| Land area in square kilometers |
5 |
| Capital |
Administered from Canberra |
Fundamental legal document(s) online
|
|
Ashmore
and Cartier Acceptance Act 1933, as amended (Australia) |
Sources and other useful websites
|
| Ashmore
and Cartier Islands General Information, from the Government of
Australia’s Department of Transport and Regional Services |
| Ashmore
Reef National Nature Reserve, from the Australian Government's
Environment Australia pages |
| Cartier Island Marine Reserve, from the Australian Government's
Environment Australia pages |
| Australian Law Reform Commission, External
Territories |
| Dependencies
and Areas of Special Sovereignty, Office of the Geographer and
Global Issues, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of
State, Washington, D.C. |
| U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, The
World Factbook |
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