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Clipperton Island

/ ˈklɪpətən /

noun

  1. an uninhabited atoll in the E Pacific SW of Mexico, under French administration. Area: 6 sq km (2.3 sq miles) French nameÎle Clipperton
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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The Marujita was located over 330 miles southeast of Clipperton Island in the Pacific Ocean.

A bearded gent in a pith hel met, Denniston organized two DXpeditions to Clipperton Island, a forbidding rock in the Pacific, 1 ,800 miles west of the Panama Canal, putting it on the air for the first time in 1954.

His Majesty, after deliberating off & on for 22 years, finally handed down his decision as arbiter between France and Mexico in the forgotten matter of minute Clipperton Island, 700 miles off the Mexican shore, annexed by France in 1857, seized by Mexican Dictator Porfirio Diaz in 1897.

Last week the bantam King gave Clipperton Island finally to France.

During the 22 years in which His Majesty has been making up his mind, tragedy has stalked Clipperton Island.

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