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Translation of the Country Name Ashmore And Cartier Islands in Foreign Languages :

Ashmore وكارتييه والجزر in Arabic
ashmore和卡地群岛 in Chinese
Ashmore-en Cartiereilanden in Dutch
Îles Ashmore et Cartier in French
Ashmore-und Cartier-Inseln in German
Νησοι Ασμορ και Καρτιε in Greek
Isole Ashmore e Cartier in Italian
とアシュモアカルティエ諸島 in Japanese
애쉬 모어와 까르띠에 군도 in Korean
Ilhas Ashmore e Cartier in Portuguese
Ашмор и Картье острова in Russian
Islas Ashmore y Cartier in Spanish

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Ashmore and Cartier Islands

Ashmore Reef in satellite-image (NASA)The territory includes Ashmore Reef (West, Middle, and East Islets) and Cartier Island (70 km east) with, a total area of 199.45 km� within the reefs and including the lagoons, and 114,400 m� of dry land. While they have a total of 74.1 km of shoreline, measured along the outer edge of the reef, there are no ports or harbors, only offshore anchorage. Nearby Hibernia Reef, 42 km Northeast of Ashmore Reef, is not part of the territory. It has no permanently dry land area, although large parts of the reef become exposed during low tide.

Ashmore Reef 155.40 km� area within reef (including lagoon)
West Islet, 51,200 m� land area;
Middle Islet, 21,200 m� land area;
East Islet, 25,000 m� land area;
Cartier Reef (44.03 km� area within reef (including lagoon)
Cartier Island, 17,000 m� land area;
There is an automatic weather station on West Islet.

Government
The territory is administered from Canberra by the Australian Department of the Environment and Heritage. The FIPS-10 date code is AT; the territory is bundled along with Australia in ISO 3166. Defence is the responsibility of Australia, with periodic visits by the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Australian Air Force. The islands are visited by seasonal caretakers.

Ashmore and Cartier Islands

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