Home Island

Home Island is one of only two permanently-inhabited islands of the 26 islands of the South Keeling Islands of the , an Australian external territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia
  • Also known as: Clunies Ross”, “Clunies Ross Island”, “Home Island, Other Territories”, “Home Island, Other Territories, Australia”, “New Selma”, “New Selma Island”, and “Pulu Selma

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bantam.

Village
Home Island is one of only two permanently-inhabited islands of the 26 islands of the South Keeling Islands of the , an Australian external territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean.

Home Island

Latitude
-12.11529° or 12° 6′ 55″ south
Longitude
96.89694° or 96° 53′ 49″ east
Population
448
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
Open location code
5MVRVVMW+VQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 160030162
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1547372
Wiki­data ID
Q1198798
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Home Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: هوم أيلند
  • Belarusian: Востраў Хоўм, Какосавыя астравы
  • Belarusian: Хоўм
  • Catalan: Home Island
  • Cebuano: Home Island
  • Chinese: 霍姆岛
  • Croatian: Home (Kokosovi otoci)
  • Croatian: Home
  • Dutch: Home Island
  • Esperanto: Hejminsulo
  • French: Home Island
  • German: Home Island
  • Indonesian: Pulau Home
  • Italian: Home Island
  • Japanese: ホーム島
  • Korean: 홈섬
  • Malay: Pulau Selma, Kepulauan Cocos Keeling
  • Polish: Home Island
  • Portuguese: Home Island
  • Portuguese: Ilha Home
  • Romanian: Home Island
  • Russian: Хоум
  • Slovak: Home
  • Spanish: Isla Home
  • Swedish: Home Island
  • Turkish: Home Adası
  • Turkish: Home Island
  • Ukrainian: Хоум
  • Welsh: Ynys Gartref

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Highlights include Shire of Cocos Keeeling and Muslim Cemetery.

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