- West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikipedia
West Island (Malay: Pulau Panjang, Cocos Islands Malay: Pulu Panjang), part of the South Keeling Islands, is the capital of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean The population is roughly 120, making it the third smallest capital in the world, and consists mainly of Europeans
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikipedia
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Tourism website Archived Nobyembri 11, 2018 at the Wayback Machine Cocos (Keeling) Islands Archived Eneru 10, 2019 at the Wayback Machine entry from the CIA World Factbook Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands Noel Crusz, The Cocos Islands mutiny, Reviewed by: PETER STANLEY, Principal Historian, Australian War Memorial
- South Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikipedia
South Island (Malay: Pulau Panjang, Cocos Malay: Pulu Atas) is the southernmost and easternmost island of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands belonging to Australia in the eastern Indian Ocean
- Flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikipedia
The flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is a green field with symbols such as a palm tree on a gold disc, which represents the islands' tropical flora; a crescent, which represent the Cocos Malays; and the Southern Cross, which represent Australia and the Southern Hemisphere The flag mostly uses the national colours of Australia
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikiwand
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Cocos Islands Malay: Pulu Kokos [Keeling]), officially the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands ( ˈkoʊkəs ; [5] [6] Cocos Islands Malay: Pulu Kokos [Keeling]), are an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean, comprising a small archipelago approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka and relatively close to the Indonesian island of Sumatra
- Oceania House - Wikipedia
Oceania House is a heritage-listed house at Jalan Bunga Kangkong, Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia It was added to the Australian Commonwealth Heritage List on 22 June 2004
- Geology of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikipedia
The geology of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands may be a part of the Galapagos hot spot The island is the mountaintop of non-seismic, undersea Cocos Ridge Although the ridge dates to the Miocene, potassium-argon dating and paleomagnetic research indicate that the above-water part of the island formed within the last two million years in the
- Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Wikipedia
From the 19th century onwards, the islands were owned by the Clunies-Ross family, and in 1886 were granted to them in perpetuity by Queen Victoria On 23 November 1955 the islands were transferred to Australian control under the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Act 1955 In 1978, Australia entered a form of purchase of the islands with the Clunies-Ross family, and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Council
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