Ashmore and Cartier Islands

High school (ages 12+)
Geography

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https://smallwhale.org/articles/ashmore-and-cartier-islands

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. How many people live in Ashmore and Cartier Islands?0 (uninhabited)
2. What is the capital of Ashmore and Cartier Islands?None
3. What language do people speak in Ashmore and Cartier Islands?None spoken
4. Who wrote Ashmore and Cartier Islands?Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts, Australia
5. Where are the Ashmore and Cartier Islands located?They are in the Indian Ocean, about 320 km off the northwestern coast of Australia and 144 km south of the Indonesian island of Rote.
6. Are the Ashmore and Cartier Islands inhabited?No, there are no people living on the islands; they are uninhabited.

External Territory: A territory administered by a sovereign state but not forming an integral part of its political entity.
Continental Shelf: The submerged perimeter of a continent, extending from the coastline to a point where the seafloor drops off sharply.
Territorial Sea: A belt of coastal waters extending up to 12 nautical miles from the baseline of a coastal state, over which it exercises full sovereignty.
Geopolitical Significance: The importance of a place in terms of international relations, power, and strategy.