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Cocos Islands

West Island

West Island, part of the South Keeling Islands, is the capital of the , 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.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: capital of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Also known as: “West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands”, “West Island, Cocos Islands”, “West Island, Other Territories”, “West Island, Other Territories, Australia”, and “West Keeling Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cocos Islands Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: PalawanOz, Public domain.
is an serving the , a territory of located in the Indian Ocean. The airport is on West Island, one of the South Keeling Islands and capital of the territory.

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. is situated 8 km northeast of West Island.

West Island

Latitude
-12.17087° or 12° 10′ 15″ south
Longitude
96.8405° or 96° 50′ 26″ east
Population
120
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
Open location code
5MVRRRHR+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 220328299
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
7304591
Wiki­data ID
Q48675
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“West Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “West Island”
  • Arabic: “ويست آيلند”
  • Armenian: “Ուեսթ Այլնդ”
  • Asturian: “Islla Oeste”
  • Asturian: “West Island”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uest Aylend”
  • Azerbaijani: “Vest-Aylend”
  • Belarusian: “Вест-Айленд”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Вест-Айленд, Какосавыя астравы”
  • Bosnian: “West Island, Kokosova ostrva”
  • Bosnian: “West Island”
  • Bulgarian: “Уест Айлънд”
  • Catalan: “West Island”
  • Cebuano: “West Island”
  • Chinese: “西岛”
  • Chinese: “西島”
  • Croatian: “West Island”
  • Czech: “West Island”
  • Dutch: “West Island”
  • Dutch: “Westeiland”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ويست آيلند”
  • Esperanto: “Okcidenta Insulo”
  • Finnish: “West Island”
  • French: “West Island”
  • Galician: “West Island”
  • Georgian: “ვესტ-აილენდი”
  • German: “Pulau Panjang”
  • German: “West Island”
  • Greek: “Γουέστ Άιλαντ”
  • Hebrew: “וסט איילנד”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिम द्वीप, कोकोस द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hindi: “पश्चिम द्वीप”
  • Hungarian: “West Island”
  • Icelandic: “West Island”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Panjang, Kepulauan Cocos”
  • Indonesian: “West Island”
  • Italian: “West Island”
  • Japanese: “ウェスト島”
  • Kazakh: “Уэст-Айленд”
  • Korean: “웨스트 섬”
  • Korean: “웨스트섬”
  • Latvian: “Pandžana”
  • Latvian: “Vestailenda”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų sala (Kokosų Salos)”
  • Lithuanian: “Vakarų sala”
  • Macedonian: “Вест Ајленд”
  • Malay: “Pulau Panjang, Kepulauan Cocos”
  • Malay: “Pulau Panjang”
  • Mazanderani: “وست آیلند”
  • Mingrelian: “ვესტ-აილენდი (ქოქოსიშ კოკეფი)”
  • Mingrelian: “ვესტ-აილენდი”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “West Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “West Island”
  • Norwegian: “West Island”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ ਟਾਪੂ, ਕੋਕੋਸ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Panjabi: “ਪੱਛਮੀ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Persian: “وست آیلند، جزایر کوکوس”
  • Persian: “وست آیلند”
  • Polish: “West Island”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Ocidental”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Oeste”
  • Portuguese: “West Island”
  • Romanian: “West Island, Insulele Cocos”
  • Romanian: “West Island”
  • Russian: “Уэст-Айленд”
  • Scots: “West Island”
  • Serbian: “Вест Ајланд”
  • Serbian: “Вест Ајленд”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර දූපත, කොකෝස් (කීලිං) දූපත්”
  • Sinhala: “බටහිර දූපත, කොකෝස් දූපත්”
  • Slovak: “West Island”
  • Spanish: “West Island”
  • Swedish: “West Island”
  • Tamil: “மேற்குத் தீவு, கொக்கோசு தீவுகள்”
  • Thai: “เวสต์ไอแลนด์”
  • Turkish: “Batı Adası”
  • Turkish: “West Adası (V)”
  • Turkish: “West Adası, Cocos Adaları”
  • Turkish: “West Adası, Keyling Adaları”
  • Turkish: “West Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Західний острів”
  • Urdu: “جزائر کوکوس کا دارالحکومت”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ آئلینڈ، جزائر کوکوس”
  • Urdu: “ویسٹ آئلینڈ”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Tây, Quần đảo Cocos”
  • Vietnamese: “West Island, Quần đảo Cocos”
  • Vietnamese: “West Island”
  • Waray (Philippines): “West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands”
  • Waray (Philippines): “West Island, Kapuropud-an Cocos”
  • Yue Chinese: “西島”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Island”. Photo: PalawanOz, Public domain.