Ashmore and Cartier Islands
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The Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands is an uninhabited external territory of Australia consisting of four low-lying islands in two separate reefs, as well as the 12-nautical-mile territorial s
The customs vessel Ashmore Guardian, which was stationed at Ashmore Reef in 2008 to combat people smuggling and illegal fishing.
Coral reefs of the Kimberley region in Australia threatened by climate change
Rote Island
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Rote Island is an island of Indonesia, part of the East Nusa Tenggara province of the Lesser Sunda Islands. According to legend, this island got its name accidentally when a lost Portuguese sailor arr
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
…Sea on the edge of the Sahul Shelf, about 320 km (200 mi) off the northwest coast of Australia and 170 km (110 mi) south of the Indonesian island of Rote. The Ashmore and Cartier Islands were discovered by Indonesian fishermen in the early 1700s and were regularly visited for the harvesting of sea…
Town Market in Ba'a, Rote
The Beach on Nusa Manuk (Manuk Island), Southwest Rote
A Raja (traditional king) of Rote wearing the ti'i langga
A Rotenese drummer with traditional hat