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Christmas Island (U.K.)

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Location

The Resume

    (December 25, 1643- )
    Located in the Pacific Ocean
    Currently owned by the U.K.
    Formerly owned jointly by the U.S. and U.K.
    Originally part of the British Gilbert and Ellice Islands.

Why Christmas Island (U.K.) might be annoying:

    It is confusing because a second Christmas Island belongs to Australia (in the Indian Ocean).
    The country is named after a holiday.
    The U.S. and Britain both claimed the island.
    The U.S. and Britain jointly used it as a nuclear test area (before the ban).
    In a referendum, the citizens decided to be part of Britain than the U.S.
    The island is shaped like a penis.

Why Christmas Island (U.K.) might not be annoying:

    They mostly mine phosphate.
    They are the largest atoll in the Pacific.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 30.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 48.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 106 Votes: 67.92% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 133 Votes: 32.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 63 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 51 Votes: 72.55% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 60 Votes: 36.67% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 41 Votes: 56.10% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 100 Votes: 53.00% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 172 Votes: 53.49% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 187 Votes: 50.80% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 246 Votes: 46.34% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 538 Votes: 46.65% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 920 Votes: 53.04% Annoying