Cocos Islands

By / 25th March 2020

Cocos Islands

(Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands)

A green flag representing the Cocos Islands, featuring a yellow crescent moon, five yellow stars, and a yellow circle with a green palm tree inside it.
Map showing North Keeling Island and South Keeling Islands of the Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean, with labelled islands: Horsburgh, Direction, Home, West, and South Island. Reefs are marked and a scale bar appears in the upper right corner.
A view of Earth with Australia and New Zealand highlighted in a red oval, and the Moon in the background. The text Earth Site © MMXIV appears at the bottom right-hand corner.
Cocos Islands Map
Aerial view of a small tropical island in the Cocos Islands, with white sand bordered by turquoise water and coral reefs. A boat leaves a white wake as it moves through the clear blue sea near the shore.

Capital: West Island

Population (Estimated July 2012): 596

Area: 14 km2 or 5 mi2

Currency: Australian Dollar (AUD)

Official Language: English

Political Information: Territory of Australia

Official Religion: No Official Religion (approximately 80% of the population are Muslim and 20% have other religious beliefs)

Highest Point: Unnamed area at 5m or 16ft

GDP: N/A

Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +6:30

 

Leaders: Queen Elizabeth II represented by the Australian governor general. Administrator is Brian Lacy, a non resident on behalf of the Australian Department of Transport and Regional Services.

Additional: Comprises of two coral Atolls, north Keeling Island and 26 islets. The Island’s waters are home to a vast number of marine life, both in species and abundance, including several species of shark. Due to mass fishing the marine life was under threat but thanks to the implementation of a exclusion zone (12 miles) around the island life has been restored. The coral surrounding the island is mainly dead due to a recent sudden increase of temperature from the El Niño effect but this has not seemed to of effected the growth of marine populations.

Sources: CIA World Fact Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica.

A large, green double coconut (coco de mer) hangs from a palm tree on the Cocos Islands amid brown, dried leaves and lush palm fronds. Sunlight filters gently through the vibrant foliage in the background.
A brown pelican with a pale head is perched on a wooden post above calm Cocos Islands water, facing left with its long bill slightly open.
Aerial view of a small boat speeding through turquoise water near a sandy, palm-covered Cocos Islands with coral reefs visible below the surface.
A tall palm tree viewed from below on the Cocos Islands, its long green fronds fanned out against a clear blue sky.
A tall palm tree with green fronds stands against a bright blue sky on the Cocos Islands, sunlight filtering through its leaves and white clouds drifting in the background.
A green flag with a yellow circle containing a palm tree, a yellow crescent moon, and four yellow stars waves against a blue sky. This is the national flag of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, also known as the Cocos Islands.

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