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Clipperton Island

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Clipperton Island, a remote coral atoll, is a place of mysterious geography with a disturbing history.

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As we ring in 2012 here at Google Sightseeing, we know that you, too, are celebrating the New Year. Of course, depending on where you are around the globe, you’re celebrating it at very different times – sometimes more than a day apart! With that in mind, here’s your guide to the first – and the last – places on Earth to enter 2012.

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It’s Island Week 4 here at GSS, which means we’ll mostly be posting about Islands. For about a week. On…

Clipperton Island

Clipperton Island, a remote coral atoll, is a place of mysterious geography with a disturbing history.

Easter Island (Island Week 2)

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