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The Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Cocos Islands Malay: Pulu Kokos [Keeling]), officially the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (/ ˈ k oʊ k ə s /; [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.
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The Hondius Broadside map of 1590 shows I. de Cocos at 2 degrees and 30 minutes north latitude, while in 1596 Theodore de Bry showed the Galápagos Islands near 6 degrees north of the Equator. Emanuel Bowen , in A Complete system of Geography , Volume II (London, 1747: 586), states that the Galápagos islands stretch 5 degrees north of the Equator.
Map of Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean. Direction Island is located in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands group. [1] [2] It is the northeasternmost of the South Keeling Islands. A slipway and tank associated with the flying boat and sea rescue presence on the island in the early twentieth century are listed on the Australian Commonwealth ...
The Coco Islands (Burmese: ကိုကိုးကျွန်း) are a small group of islands in the northeastern Bay of Bengal. They are part of the Yangon Region of Myanmar since 1937. The islands are located 414 km (257 mi) south of the city of Yangon. Coco Island group consists of five islands: four on the Great Coco Reef and one on the ...
Map of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. North Keeling is the uppermost of the islands in the group North Keeling Island. North Keeling is a small, uninhabited coral atoll, approximately 1.2 square kilometres (0.46 sq mi) in area, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Horsburgh Island.
In 2004 a review of the territories was made. [1]In 2012 the administration was reviewed by Australian parliamentary visits and enquiry. [2]Farzian Zainal is a community representative for, and the Treasurer of, the Indian Ocean Territories Regional Development Organisation, which is administered by the Australian government.
Since the Cocos Islands are usually included in Asia because they are significantly closer to the coast of Indonesia than Australia, and South Island is the southernmost island in the group, it is the southernmost island of Asia and its southernmost point at 12 ° 12 ′ 32 ″ S, 96 ° 53 ′ 42 ″ E is also the southernmost point of Eurasia.