Clipperton Island
| atoll, uninhabited island
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World / Clipperton Island
island, atoll, uninhabited island
Clipperton Island is a coral atoll in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, southwest of Mexico and west of Central America, at 10°18′N 109°13′W. The island is an overseas possession of France. It has no permanent inhabitants.
"The British Pacific Island Company acquired the rights to guano deposits in 1906 and built a mining settlement in conjunction with the Mexican government. That same year, a lighthouse was erected under the orders of President Porfirio Díaz. By 1914 around 100 people—men, women, and children—were living there, resupplied every two months by a ship from Acapulco. With the escalation of fighting in the Mexican Revolution, the regular resupply visits ceased and the inhabitants were left to their own devices.
By 1917 all but one of the male inhabitants had died. Many had perished from scurvy, while others (including Captain Arnaud) died during an attempt to sail after a passing ship to fetch help. Lighthouse keeper Victoriano Álvarez was the last man on the island, together with 15 women and children. Álvarez proclaimed himself "king" and began a campaign of rape and murder, before being killed by Tirza Rendón, who was the recipient of his unwanted attention. Almost immediately after Álvarez's death four women and seven children, the last survivors, were picked up by the US Navy gunship Yorktown on 18 July 1917"
Clipperton is also coincidentally located near the approximate location of Gilligan's Island given by the Professor in the episode titled "Big Man on a Little Stick", at 110 degrees longitude, 10 degrees latitude.
"The British Pacific Island Company acquired the rights to guano deposits in 1906 and built a mining settlement in conjunction with the Mexican government. That same year, a lighthouse was erected under the orders of President Porfirio Díaz. By 1914 around 100 people—men, women, and children—were living there, resupplied every two months by a ship from Acapulco. With the escalation of fighting in the Mexican Revolution, the regular resupply visits ceased and the inhabitants were left to their own devices.
By 1917 all but one of the male inhabitants had died. Many had perished from scurvy, while others (including Captain Arnaud) died during an attempt to sail after a passing ship to fetch help. Lighthouse keeper Victoriano Álvarez was the last man on the island, together with 15 women and children. Álvarez proclaimed himself "king" and began a campaign of rape and murder, before being killed by Tirza Rendón, who was the recipient of his unwanted attention. Almost immediately after Álvarez's death four women and seven children, the last survivors, were picked up by the US Navy gunship Yorktown on 18 July 1917"
Clipperton is also coincidentally located near the approximate location of Gilligan's Island given by the Professor in the episode titled "Big Man on a Little Stick", at 110 degrees longitude, 10 degrees latitude.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipperton_Island
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Coordinates: 10°18'12"N 109°13'1"W
- Clipperton Island 2.3 km
- Shipwreck? 1.9 km
- Approximate location of "Whistle" 271 km
- Galapagos Microplate 1274 km
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