Cocos Islands

The Cocos Islands or simply Cocos Islands or Keeling Islands are a chain of islands in two adjacent atolls, in the middle of the some 2,750 km northwest of , and around 900 km west-southwest of .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Pulu Keeling National Park.

is a national park and Commonwealth reserve in the Cocos Islands, protecting the entire North Keeling Island. At 1.2 km2, it's one of the smallest national parks in .

Cocos Islands

Latitude of center
-12.156° or 12° 9′ 22″ south
Longitude of center
96.877° or 96° 52′ 37″ east
Population
628
Area
14 km² (5.4 miles²)
Capital
West Island
Currency
Dollar (AUD)
Phone code
.cc
Internet domain
61
Open­Street­Map ID
node 424313764
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­territory
Geo­Names ID
1547376
Wiki­data ID
Q36004
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Cocos Islands” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Cocos (Keeling) Eilande
  • Afrikaans: Cocos (Keeling)-eilande
  • Afrikaans: Kokoseilande
  • Albanian: Ishujt Kokos
  • Amharic: ኮኮስ (ኪሊንግ) ደሴቶች
  • Amharic: ኮኮስ ደሴቶች
  • Amharic: ኮኮስ(ኬሊንግ) ደሴቶች
  • Angika: कोकोज (कीलिंग) द्वीप समूह
  • Angika: कोकोज द्वीप समूह
  • Arabic: جزر كوكوس (كيلينغ)
  • Arabic: جزر كوكوس
  • Arabic: جزر كيلينغ
  • Arabic: قائمة جزر جزر كوكس
  • Aragonese: Islas Cocos
  • Armenian: Կոկոսյան (Քիլինգ) կղզիներ
  • Armenian: Կոկոսյան կղզիներ
  • Assamese: কোকোচ (কীলিং) দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
  • Asturian: Islles Cocos (Keeling)
  • Asturian: Islles Cocos
  • Azerbaijani: Kokos (Kilinq) adaları
  • Azerbaijani: Kokos adaları
  • Balinese: Kapuloan Cocos (Keeling)
  • Balinese: Kapuloan Cocos
  • Bashkir: Кокос утрауҙары
  • Basque: Cocos (Keeling) uharteak
  • Basque: Cocos Uhartea
  • Basque: Cocosak
  • Belarusian: Какосавыя (Кілінг) астравы
  • Belarusian: Какосавыя астравы
  • Belarusian: Какосавыя выспы
  • Bengali: কোকোস (কিলিং) আইল্যান্ড
  • Bengali: কোকোস (কিলিং) দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
  • Bengali: কোকোস দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
  • Betawi: Pulo Kokos
  • Bishnupriya: কোকোস (কিলিং) দ্বীপমালা
  • Bishnupriya: কোকোস দ্বীপমালা
  • Bosnian: Kokosova (Keelingova) ostrva
  • Bosnian: Kokosova ostrva
  • Breton: Inizi Cocos (Keeling)
  • Breton: Inizi Cocos
  • Breton: Inizi Kokoz
  • Bulgarian: Кокосови (Кийлинг) о-ви
  • Bulgarian: Кокосови острови (острови Кийлинг)
  • Bulgarian: Кокосови острови
  • Burmese: cc
  • Burmese: Keeling ကျွန်းများ
  • Burmese: ကိုကိုး ကျွန်းစု
  • Burmese: ကိုကိုးကျွန်း
  • Burmese: ကိုကို့စ် (Keeling) ကျွန်းစုများ၏ နယ်မြေ
  • Burmese: ကိုကို့စ် ကျွန်းများ
  • Catalan: Illes Cocos
  • Catalan: Illes de Cocos
  • Cebuano: Cocos Islands
  • Central Bikol: Kaiislahang Cocos
  • Central Kurdish: دوورگەکانی کۆکۆس
  • Chechen: Кокосийн гӀайренаш
  • Chinese: Cocos Kûn-tó
  • Chinese: 可可斯(基林)群島
  • Chinese: 可可斯群島
  • Chinese: 可可群岛
  • Chinese: 科科斯(基林)群岛
  • Chinese: 科科斯(基林)群岛
  • Chinese: 科科斯(基林)群島
  • Chinese: 科科斯基林群島
  • Chinese: 科科斯群岛
  • Chinese: 科科斯群島
  • Church Slavic: Кокосовꙑ острова
  • Church Slavic: Кокосовꙑє острова
  • Cornish: Ynysow Cocos
  • Croatian: Kokosovi (Keelingovi) otoci
  • Croatian: Kokosovi otoci
  • Czech: Keelingovy ostrovy
  • Czech: Kokosové ostrovy
  • Danish: Cocos- og Keelingøerne
  • Danish: Cocosøerne
  • Danish: Keelingøerne
  • Danish: Kokos- og Keelingøerne
  • Danish: Kokosøerne
  • Dutch: CC
  • Dutch: CCK
  • Dutch: Cocos (Keeling) Eilanden
  • Dutch: Cocos eilanden
  • Dutch: Cocos Islands
  • Dutch: Cocoseilanden
  • Dutch: Keeling Eilanden
  • Dutch: Keeling islands
  • Dutch: Keelingeilanden
  • Dutch: Kokoseilanden
  • Dutch: Territorium Cocos- of Keelingeilanden
  • Dzongkha: ཀོ་ཀོས་གླིང་ཚོམ
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزر كوكوس
  • Esperanto: Cocos Islands
  • Esperanto: Keeling islands
  • Esperanto: Kokosinsulo
  • Esperanto: Kokosinsuloj
  • Estonian: Keelingi saared
  • Estonian: Kookosesaared
  • Estonian: Kookossaared
  • Estonian: Kookossaarte ala
  • Estonian: Lõuna-Keeling
  • Estonian: Lõuna-Kookossaared
  • Estonian: North Keeling
  • Estonian: Põhja Keeling
  • Estonian: Põhja-Kookosesaar
  • Ewe: Kokos (Kiling) fudomekpo nutome
  • Faroese: Kokosoyggjar
  • Fiji Hindi: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Fiji Hindi: Cocos Islands
  • Finnish: Keelinginsaaret
  • Finnish: Keelingsaaret
  • Finnish: Kookossaaret (Keelingsaaret)
  • Finnish: Kookossaaret
  • French: Îles Cocos (Keeling)
  • French: Îles Cocos ou Keeling
  • French: Iles Cocos
  • French: îles Cocos
  • French: Îles Cocos
  • French: Îles Keeling
  • French: Territoire des îles Cocos
  • Gagauz: Cocos adaları
  • Gagauz: Cocos Adaları
  • Galician: Illas Cocos (Keeling)
  • Galician: Illas Cocos
  • Georgian: კილინგი
  • Georgian: ქოქოსის (კილინგის) კუნძულები
  • Georgian: ქოქოსის კუნძულები
  • German: Cocos Islands
  • German: Cocos-Inseln
  • German: Cocos-Keeling-Inseln
  • German: Cocos-Keeling-Islands
  • German: Keeling Islands
  • German: Keeling-Inseln
  • German: Keelinginseln
  • German: Kokosinseln
  • Greek: Κόκος Κήλινγκ Νήσοι
  • Greek: Κόκος Νήσοι
  • Greek: Κόκος
  • Greek: Νησιά Κόκος
  • Greek: Νήσοι Κήλινγκ
  • Greek: Νήσοι Κόκος (Κίλινγκ)
  • Greek: Νήσοι Κόκος
  • Gujarati: કોકોઝ (કીલીંગ) આઇલેન્ડ્સ
  • Gujarati: કોકોસ (કીલીંગ) દ્વીપ
  • Gujarati: કોકોસ દ્વીપ
  • Hakka Chinese: Cocos (Keeling) Khiùn-tó
  • Hakka Chinese: Cocos Khiùn-tó
  • Hausa: Tsibirai Cocos (Keeling)
  • Hebrew: איי קוקוס (קילינג)
  • Hebrew: איי קוקוס
  • Hebrew: איי קוקס [קילינג]
  • Hindi: कोकोज (कीलिंग) द्वीप समूह
  • Hindi: कोकोस (कीलिंग) द्वीपसमूह
  • Hindi: कोकोस द्वीप
  • Hindi: कोकोस द्वीपसमूह
  • Hungarian: Keeling-szigetek
  • Hungarian: Kókusz (Keeling)-szigetek
  • Hungarian: Kókusz-szigetek
  • Icelandic: Kókoseyjar (Keeling)
  • Icelandic: Kókoseyjar
  • Ido: Insuli Cocos
  • Ido: Kokoso-insuli
  • Igbo: Agwaetiti Cocos (Keeling)
  • Iloko: Is-isla ti Cocos (Keeling)
  • Iloko: Is-isla ti Cocos
  • Iloko: Is-isla ti Keeling
  • Iloko: Teritorio ti Is-isla ti Cocos (Keeling)
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Cocos (Keeling)
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Cocos
  • Irish: Oileáin Cocos (Keeling)
  • Irish: Oileáin na gCócónna
  • Italian: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Italian: Cocos e Keeling
  • Italian: Cocos Keeling Islands
  • Italian: Cocos
  • Italian: Isole Cocos (Keeling)
  • Italian: Isole Cocos e Keeling
  • Italian: Isole Cocos
  • Italian: Isole Keeling
  • Italian: Keeling
  • Japanese: キーリング諸島
  • Japanese: ココス (キーリング) 諸島
  • Japanese: ココス(キーリング)諸島
  • Japanese: ココス[キーリング]諸島
  • Japanese: ココス島
  • Japanese: ココス諸島
  • Javanese: Kapuloan Cocos (Keeling)
  • Javanese: Kapuloan Cocos
  • Kalaallisut: Cocos qeqertaq
  • Kannada: ಕೊಕೊಸ್ (ಕೀಲಿಂಗ್) ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು
  • Kannada: ಕೊಕೊಸ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು
  • Kara-Kalpak: Kokoslı atawları
  • Kashmiri: کوکَس کیٖلِنگ جٔزیٖرٕ
  • Kazakh: Кокос (Килинг) аралдары
  • Kazakh: Кокос аралдары
  • Khmer: កោះ​កូកូស (គីលីង)
  • Kinyarwanda: Ibirwa bya Koko
  • Kirghiz: Кокос (Килинг) аралдары
  • Kirghiz: Кокос аралдары
  • Korean: 코코스 제도
  • Korean: 코코스제도
  • Kurdish: Giravên Cocos (Keeling)
  • Lao: ຫມູ່ເກາະໂກໂກສ
  • Latin: Insulae Cocos seu Keeling
  • Latin: Territorium Insularum Cocos seu Keeling
  • Latvian: CCK
  • Latvian: Kīlinga salas
  • Latvian: Kokosa salas
  • Latvian: Kokosu (Kīlinga) salas
  • Latvian: Kokosu (Kīlinga) Salas
  • Latvian: Kokosu Salas
  • Ligurian: Isoe Cocos
  • Limburgan: Kokoseilenj
  • Lingala: Bisanga Kokos
  • Literary Chinese: Cocos Adaları
  • Literary Chinese: 科科斯(基林)群島
  • Lithuanian: Kokosų (Keelingo) salos
  • Lithuanian: Kokosų (Kilingo) salos
  • Lithuanian: Kokosų (Kilingo) Salos
  • Lithuanian: Kokosų (Kylingo) salos
  • Lithuanian: Kokosų salos
  • Lithuanian: Kokosų Salos
  • Lithuanian: Kylingo salos
  • Luxembourgish: Kokosinselen
  • Macedonian: Кокосови (Килиншки) Острови
  • Macedonian: Кокосови Острови
  • Malay: Kepulauan Cocos (Keeling)
  • Malay: Kepulauan Cocos
  • Malayalam: കീലിംഗ് ദ്വീപുകൾ
  • Malayalam: കോകോസ് (കീലിംഗ്) ദ്വീപുകൾ
  • Malayalam: കോകോസ് ദ്വീപുകൾ
  • Malayalam: കോക്കസ് (കീലിംഗ്) ദ്വീപുകൾ
  • Malayalam: കോക്കോസ് ദ്വീപുകൾ
  • Maltese: Gżejjer Cocos (Keeling)
  • Maltese: Gżejjer Kokos (Keeling)
  • Maltese: Territorju tal-Gżejjer Cocos (Keeling)
  • Manx: Ellanyn Cocos
  • Maori: Ngā Motu Koko
  • Maori: nga Moutere o Cocos (Keeling)
  • Marathi: कोकोस (कीलिंग) बेटे
  • Marathi: कोकोस द्वीपसमूह
  • Marathi: कोकोस द्वीपे
  • Mazanderani: کوکوس جزیره‌ئون
  • Min Dong Chinese: Cocos (Keeling) Gùng-dō̤
  • Min Dong Chinese: Cocos Gùng-dō̤
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cocos (Keeling) Kûn-tó
  • Min Nan Chinese: Cocos kap Keeling Kûn-tó
  • Minangkabau: Kapulauan Cocos
  • Mingrelian: ქოქოსიშ კოკეფი
  • Mongolian: Кокос (Кийлинг) Арал
  • Mongolian: Кокос (Кийлинг) арлууд
  • Mongolian: Кокос (Кийлинг) Арлууд
  • Mongolian: Кокос Арлууд
  • Nepali: कोकोस (किलिंग) टापुहरु
  • Nepali: कोकोस टापु
  • Northern Frisian: Kokos Eilunen
  • Northern Frisian: Kokos-Eilunen
  • Northern Sami: Cocos-sullot
  • Norwegian Bokmål: CCK
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Cocos Islands
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Keelingøyene
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Kokosøyene
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Cocos Islands
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Keeling Islands
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Keelingøyane
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kokos-øyane
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kokos-øyene
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kokosøyane
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Kokosøyene
  • Norwegian: Kokosøyene
  • Oriya: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Oriya: କୋକୋସ୍ (କୀଲିଂ) ଦ୍ଵୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ
  • Oriya: କୋକୋସ୍ ଦ୍ୱୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ
  • Ossetian: Кокосы сакъадæхтæ
  • Pampanga: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Pampanga: Cocos Islands
  • Panjabi: ਕੋਕੋਸ (ਕੀਲਿੰਗ) ਟਾਪੂ
  • Panjabi: ਕੋਕੋਸ ਟਾਪੂ
  • Persian: جزایر (کیلینگ) کوکو
  • Persian: جزایر کوکو
  • Persian: جزایر کوکوس
  • Persian: جزایر کیلینگ
  • Persian: جزایر نارگیل
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Koekos / Kiiling Ailen
  • Polish: Wyspy Keelinga
  • Polish: Wyspy Kokosowe
  • Portuguese: cc
  • Portuguese: Ilha dos Cocos
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Coco
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Cocos (Keeling)
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Cocos
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Keeling
  • Portuguese: Território das Ilhas Cocos (Keeling)
  • Portuguese: Território das Ilhas Cocos
  • Portuguese: Território das Ilhas Keeling
  • Pushto: کوکوز (کيلنګ) ټاپوګان
  • Quechua: Islas Cocos
  • Romanian: Insulele Cocos (Keeling)
  • Romanian: Insulele Cocos
  • Romansh: Inslas Cocos
  • Russian: Кокосовые (Килинг) острова
  • Russian: Кокосовые о-ва
  • Russian: Кокосовые острова
  • Russian: острова Килинг
  • Scots: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Scottish Gaelic: Na h-Eileanan Chocos (Keeling)
  • Serbian: Cocos Islands
  • Serbian: Кокосова (Килинг) Острва
  • Serbian: Кокосова (Килингова) Острва
  • Serbian: Кокосова острва
  • Serbian: Кокосова Острва
  • Serbian: Острва Килинг
  • Serbo-Croatian: Keelingovi otoci
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kilingova ostrva
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kokos (Kiling) Ostrva
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kokosova ostrva
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kokosovi (Keeling) Otoci
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kokosovi (Keelingovi) Otoci
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kokosovi otoci
  • Serbo-Croatian: Kokosovi Otoci
  • Shan: မူႇၵုၼ် ၶူဝ်းၵတ်ႉ (ၶီးလိင်း)
  • Shan: မူႇၵုၼ် ၶူဝ်းၵတ်ႉ
  • Sicilian: Ìsuli Cocos
  • Sindhi: ڪوڪوس ٻيٽ
  • Sinhala: කොකොස් කිලින්ග් ) දූපත
  • Sinhala: කොකෝස් දූපත්
  • Slovak: Cocos Islands
  • Slovak: Keeling Islands
  • Slovak: Kokosové ostrovy
  • Slovak: Teritórium Kokosových ostrovov
  • Slovak: Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Slovak: Territory of Cocos Islands
  • Slovak: Territory of Keeling Islands
  • Slovenian: Kokosovi otoki
  • Somali: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Somali: Cocos Islands
  • Somali: Jasiiradda Kookoos
  • South Azerbaijani: کوکوس آدالاری
  • Spanish: Coco Islands
  • Spanish: Isla de Cocos
  • Spanish: Islas Cocos (Keeling)
  • Spanish: islas Cocos
  • Spanish: Islas Cocos
  • Spanish: Islas Keeling
  • Spanish: Keeling Islands
  • Spanish: Keeling
  • Spanish: Las Islas Cocos
  • Sundanese: Kapuloan Cocos
  • Sundanese: Kapuloan Kokos
  • Swahili: Visiwa vya Cocos (Keeling)
  • Swahili: Visiwa vya Cocos
  • Swedish: Cocos Islands
  • Swedish: Cocosöarna
  • Swedish: Keeling Islands
  • Swedish: Kokosöarna
  • Tagalog: Kapuluang Cocos
  • Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Килинг
  • Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Кокос (Килинг)
  • Tamil: கீலிங் தீவுகள்
  • Tamil: கொகோசு (கீலிங்) தீவுகள்
  • Tamil: கொகோசு
  • Tamil: கொக்கோசு (கீலிங்) தீவுகள்
  • Tamil: கொக்கோசு தீவுகள்
  • Tamil: கொக்கோஸ் (கீலிங்) தீவுகள்
  • Tamil: கொக்கோஸ் தீவுகள்
  • Tamil: கொக்கோஸ்
  • Tamil: கோகோஸ் (கீலிங்) தீவுகள்
  • Tamil: கோக்கோஸ் (கீலிங்) தீவுகள்
  • Tatar: Кокос (Килинг) утраулары
  • Telugu: కాకోస్ (కీలింగ్) దీవులు
  • Telugu: కోకోసు దీవులు
  • Telugu: కోకోస్ (కీలింగ్) దీవులు
  • Thai: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Thai: Cocos Islands
  • Thai: หมู่เกาะโคโคส (คีลิง)
  • Thai: หมู่เกาะโคโคส
  • Tigrinya: ኮኮስ ኬሊንግ ደሴቶች
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): ʻOtumotu Koko
  • Turkish: Cocos (Keeling) Adaları
  • Turkish: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Turkish: Cocos Adaları
  • Turkish: Kokos Adaları
  • Turkmen: Kokos (Kiling) adalary
  • Uighur: كەئەلىڭ كوكوس تاقىم ئاراللىرى
  • Uighur: كوكوس (كىلىڭ) ئاراللىرى
  • Ukrainian: Кокосові (Кілінг) Острови
  • Ukrainian: Кокосові (Кілінгові) острови
  • Ukrainian: Кокосові острови
  • Ukrainian: Територія Кокосових (Кілінгових) островів
  • Urdu: The Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Urdu: جزائر کوکوس
  • Urdu: کوکوس (کیلنگ) جزائر
  • Uzbek: Kakos orollari
  • Uzbek: Kokos (Kiling) orollari
  • Vietnamese: Quần đảo Cocos (Keeling)
  • Vietnamese: Quần đảo Cocos
  • Vietnamese: Quần đảo Keeling
  • Waray (Philippines): Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Waray (Philippines): Kapuropud-an Cocos
  • Welsh: Ynysoedd Cocos (Keeling)
  • Welsh: Ynysoedd Cocos [Keeling]
  • Welsh: Ynysoedd Cocos
  • Welsh: Ynysoedd Keeling
  • Western Frisian: Kokoseilannen
  • Western Frisian: Kokosilanen
  • Western Panjabi: جزائر کوکوس
  • Wolof: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Wolof: Duni Koko (Kilin)
  • Wolof: Dunu Kokos
  • Wu Chinese: 科科斯(基林)群岛
  • Wu Chinese: 科科斯群岛
  • Yoruba: Àwọn Erékùsù Kókósì
  • Yoruba: Àwọn Erékùṣù Kókósì
  • Yoruba: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Yoruba: Cocos Islands
  • Yoruba: Erékùsù Cocos (Keeling)
  • Yoruba: Keeling Islands
  • Yoruba: The Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Yue Chinese: 可可斯 (基林) 群島
  • Zulu: i-Cocos (Keeling) Islands
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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 Wikivoyage page “Cocos Islands”. Photo: DO’Neil, Public domain.