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Christmas Island has a shoreline in excess of 80 kilometers, but very little of this shoreline is accessible as much of the island's perimeter is hugged by tall craggy cliffs that rises out from the ocean. There are only a few small isolated locations where the coastline is gradual, where a small beach of sand or pebbles may collect. Even so, many of these beaches may not be easily accessible and requires one to clamber down a steep rock cliff. Thankfully, a number of rather steep metalic stairways have been constructed to enable access to some of these beaches, which would otherwise be inaccessible to the majority.
  
     
 
Many of the of beaches on Christmas Island were named after the female family members of early settlers. Dolly Beach was named after John D. Murray's wife, Greta was the daughter of a company engineer, and Ethel was the daughter of a pilot. Isabel Beach was named after Sir John Murray's wife, and Rhonda, Margaret and Winifred beaches after his daughters. However no one knows who Lily was. A tale was told that she was a young girl who drowned there, but her true identity remains a mystery.
  
     
     
 
  
 
 
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Lily Beach
  
 
Ethel Beach
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
Greta Beach
  
 
Dolly Beach
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
Merrial Beach
  
 
Winifred Beach
  
 
 
  
 
 
 
Flying Fish Cove
  
 
Isabel Beach
  
 
               
 
 
     
 

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