West Island, Cocos
West Island, Cocos is an island in Cocos Islands.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cocos Islands Airport and West Island.
Cocos Islands Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: PalawanOz, Public domain.
Cocos Islands Airport is an airport serving the Cocos Islands, a territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean. The airport is on West Island, one of the South Keeling Islands and capital of the territory.
West Island
Island
Photo: PalawanOz, Public domain.
West Island, part of the South Keeling Islands, is the capital of the Cocos 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.
West Island, Cocos
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Ross”, “Ross Island”, “West Is Cocos (Keeling)”, and “West Island”
- Category: landform
- Location: Cocos Islands, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-12.18233° or 12° 10′ 56″ southLongitude
96.82596° or 96° 49′ 34″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
5MVRRR9G+39GeoNames ID
1547351
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“West Island, Cocos” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ويست آيلند”
- Azerbaijani: “Uest Aylend”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Вест-Айленд”
- Bulgarian: “Уест Айлънд”
- Chinese: “西島”
- Cocos Islands Malay: “Pulu Panjang”
- Esperanto: “Okcidenta Insulo”
- Georgian: “ვესტ-აილენდი”
- Hindi: “पश्चिम द्वीप”
- Japanese: “ウェスト島”
- Korean: “웨스트 섬”
- Macedonian: “Вест Ајленд”
- Malay: “Pulo Panjang”
- Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ ਟਾਪੂ, ਕੋਕੋਸ”
- Persian: “وست آیلند، جزایر کوکوس”
- Russian: “Уэст-Айленд”
- Serbian: “Вест Ајленд”
- Tamil: “மேற்குத் தீவு”
- Thai: “เวสต์ไอแลนด์”
- Turkish: “West Adası”
- Urdu: “ویسٹ آئلینڈ، جزائر کوکوس”
- Vietnamese: “West Island, Quần đảo Cocos”
- Waray (Philippines): “West Island, Kapuropud-an Cocos”
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