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The Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands is an uninhabited external territory of Australia consisting of four low-lying tropical islands in two separate reefs, and the 12 nautical mile territorial sea generated by the islands. The territory is located in the Indian Ocean situated on the edge of the continental shelf, about off the northwest coast of Australia and south of the Indonesian island of Rote. ==Geography== The territory includes Ashmore Reef (including West, Middle, and East Islands, and two lagoons within the reef) and Cartier Reef (including Cartier Island). They have a total of of shoreline, measured along the outer edge of the reef. There are no ports or harbours, only offshore anchorage. West, Middle, and East Islands have a combined land area variously reported as 54 ha, 93 ha, and 112 ha (1 hectare is 0.01 km2, or about 2.5 acres).〔 Cartier Island is an unvegetated sand island, with a reported land area of 0.4 ha. Ashmore Reef is called ''Pulau Pasir'' by Indonesians. In the Rote Island language, it is called ''Nusa Solokaek''. Both names have the meaning "Sand Island".〔(【引用サイトリンク】archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060827142957/http://rspas.anu.edu.au/people/personal/foxxj_rspas/Fishermen_MOU_BOX.pdf )〕 Nearby Hibernia Reef, northeast of Ashmore Reef, is not part of the territory, but rather belongs to Western Australia.〔(States of Australia ) Retrieved 2011-06-23〕 It has no permanently dry land area, although large parts of the reef become exposed during low tide. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ashmore and Cartier Islands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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