Cook Islands

The Cook Islands are an island country in free association with New Zealand, located in Polynesia, in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean. It is an archipelago with 15 islands spread out over 2.2 million km2 of ocean.

Overview

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Popular Destinations

Rarotonga

Rarotonga is by far the most populated of the Cook Islands and is the capital. Photo: Robert Engberg, CC BY 2.0.

Aitutaki

Aitutaki is an island in the Southern Cook Islands, a 45 minute flight from the capital island of Rarotonga. Photo: Pbsouthwood, Public domain.

Southern Cook Islands

The Southern Cook Islands are a loose group of mostly volcanic, hilly islands and a few coral atolls. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Palmerston Island

Palmerston Island is a coral atoll which includes five small island groups. Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Type: Country
Description: state in the South Pacific Ocean
Categories: associated state, island nation and locality
Location: Polynesia, Oceania
Languages: English and Maori

Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Destinations

Northern Cook Islands

The Northern Cook Islands is one of the two chains of atolls which make up the Cook Islands. Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Cook Islands

Latitude of center

-21.2382° or 21° 14' 18" south

Longitude of center

-159.7752° or 159° 46' 31" west

Population

18,600

Area

240 km² (93 miles²)

Elevation

125 metres (410 feet)

Capital

Avarua

Currency

Dollar (NZD)

Phone code

.ck

Internet domain

682

OpenStreetMap ID

node 249399308

GeoNames ID

1899402

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Also Known As

Achinese: Pulo-pulo Cook
Afar: Kuk atawları
Afrikaans: Cook-eilande
Afrikaans: Cookeilande
Akan: Kook Nsupɔw
Albanian: Ishujt Kuk
Amharic: ኩክ ደሴቶች
Arabic: Kapuropod-an Cook
Arabic: جزر كوك
Aragonese: Islas Cook
Armenian: Կուկի Կղզիներ
Armenian: Կուկի կղզիներ
Assamese: কুক দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
Asturian; Bable: Islles Cook
Azerbaijani: Kuk Adaları
Azerbaijani: Kuk adaları
Balinese: Kapuloan Cook
Bambara: Kuki Gun
Bashkir: Кук утрауҙары
Basque: Cook Uharteak
Basque: Cook uharte
Basque: Cook uharteak
Belarusian: Астравы Кука
Belarusian: Выспы Кука
Belarusian: Кука астравы
Bengali: কুক দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
Bishnupriya: কোক দ্বীপমালা
Bosnian: Cookova Ostrva
Bosnian: Kukova Ostrva
Bosnian: Kukova ostrva
Bosnian: Kukovi otoci
Breton: Inizi Cook
Bulgarian: Кук
Bulgarian: Кукови острови
Bulgarian: Острови Кук
Bulgarian: Островна група Кук
Burmese: ကွတ်ကျွန်းစု
Burmese: ကွတ် ကျွန်းစု
Catalan: Illes Cook
Catalan: illes Cook
Cebuano: Cook Islands
Central Bicolano: Islas Cook
Chechen: Кукан гӀайренаш
Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏍᏓᏴᎲᏍᎩ ᎤᎦᏚᏛᎢ
Cheyenne: Cook Islands
Chinese: Cook Kûn-tó
Chinese: 库克群岛 / 庫克群島
Chinese: 库克群岛
Chinese: 庫克群島
Chinese: 曲克群島
Chinese: 科克群岛
Chinese: 科克群島
Cornish: Ynysow Cook
Crimean Turkish; Crimean Tatar: Kuk Adaları
Croatian: Cook Islands
Croatian: Cookovi Otoci
Croatian: Cookovo Otočje
Croatian: Kukovi Otoci
Czech: Cookovy ostrovy
Czech: Herveyho ostrovy
Czech: Mangaiské ostrovy
Danish: Cook-Islands
Danish: Cook-øerne
Danish: Cook Islands
Danish: Cookøerne
Danish: Cook øerne
Divehi: ކުކް ޖަޒީރާ
Dutch: CK
Dutch: COK
Dutch: Cook Eilanden
Dutch: Cook Islands
Dutch: Cookeilanden
Dzongkha: ཀུག་གླིང་ཚོམ
Egyptian Spoken Arabic: جزر كوك
English, Old (ca.450-1100): Cociega
English, Old (ca.450-1100): Cōcīega
English: COK
English: Hervey Islands
English: ck
Esperanto: CK
Esperanto: Insularo Cook
Esperanto: Kuk-Insularo
Esperanto: Kukinsularo
Esperanto: Kukinsuloj
Esperanto: La Kukinsuloj
Estonian: COK
Estonian: Cooki saared
Ewe: Kook ƒudomekpo nutome
Extremaduran: Islas Cook
Faroese: Cooksoyggjar
Fijian Hindustani: Cook Islands
Finnish: COK
Finnish: Cook-saaret
Finnish: Cookinsaaret
Finnish: Cookin saaret
Finnish: Cooksaaret
Franco-Provençal: Iles Cook
French: Archipel Cook
French: Cook
French: Cook Islands
French: Iles Cook
French: Kūki 'Āirani
French: Îles-Cook
French: Îles Cook
Frisian: Cookeilannen
Fulah: Duuɗe Kuuk
Gaelic (Scots): Eileanan Cook
Gagauz: Cook Adaları
Gagauz: Cook adaları
Gallegan: Illas Cook
Ganda: Bizinga bya Kkuki
Georgian: კუკის კუნძულები
German: Cook-Inseln
German: Cook Inseln
German: Cook Islands
German: Cookinseln
German: Hervey-Inseln
Greek: Κουκ Νήσοι
Greek: Νήσοι Κουκ
Guianese Creole French: Zil Cook
Gujarati: કુક આઇલેન્ડ્સ
Hakka Chinese: Cook Khiùn-tó
Hausa: Cook Khiùn-tó
Hausa: Tsibiran Kuku
Hebrew: איי קוק
Hindi: कुक द्वीपसमूह
Hungarian: Cook-szigetek
Icelandic: Cookeyjar
Icelandic: Cooks-eyjar
Icelandic: Cookseyjar
Ido: Cook-Insuli
Ido: Insuli Cook
Igbo: Agwaetiti Cook
Indonesian: Cook Islands
Indonesian: Kepulauan Cook
Interlingua (International Auxiliary Language Association): Insulas Cook
Irish: Oileáin Cook
Italian: Isole Cook
Japanese: クック諸島
Javanese: Kapuloan Cook
Kalaallisut: Cook qeqertaq
Kannada: ಕುಕ್ ದ್ವೀಪಗಳು
Kara-Kalpak: Kuk atawları
Kashmiri: کُک جٔزیٖرٕ
Kazakh: Кук аралдары
Khmer: កោះខូក
Kikuyu: Visiwa vya Cook
Kinyarwanda: Ibirwa bya Kuke
Kirghiz: Кук аралдары
Korean: 쿡아일랜드
Korean: 쿡 제도
Korean: 쿡제도
Kurdish: Giravên Cook
Lao: ໝູ່ເກາະຄຸກ
Latin: Insulae Cook
Latin: Insulae de Cook
Latvian: COK
Latvian: Kuka Salas
Latvian: Kuka salas
Letzeburgesch: Cook-Inselen
Letzeburgesch: Cookinselen
Ligurian: Isoe Cook
Limburgish, Limburger, Limburgan: Cookeilenj
Lingala: Bisanga bya Kookɛ
Lithuanian: Kuko Salos
Lithuanian: Kuko salos
Luba-Katanga: Lutanda lua Kookɛ
Macedonian: Кукови Острови
Malagasy: Nosy Kook
Malay (generic): Cook Islands
Malay (generic): Kepulauan Cook
Malayalam: കുക്ക് ദ്വീപുകൾ
Malayalam: കൂക്ക് ദ്വീപുകള്‍
Maltese: Gżejjer Cook
Maori: Kuki Airani
Maori: Ngaputoru
Maori: Reo Māori Kūki Airani
Maori: Te reo Māori Kuki Airani
Maori: Te reo Māori Kūki Airani
Marathi: कुक द्वीपसमूह
Marathi: कुक बेटे
Marathi: कूक द्विपे
Marathi: कूक द्वीपसमूह
Marathi: कूक द्वीपे
Mazanderani: کوک جزایر
Min Dong Chinese: Cook Gùng-dō̤
Min Nan Chinese: Cook Kûn-tó
Minangkabau: Kapulauan Cook
Mingrelian: კატეგორია:კუკიშ კოკეფი
Mongolian: Күүкийн арлууд
Ndebele, North: Cook Islands
Nepali: कुक टापु
Nepali: कुक टापुहरु
Nepali: कूक टापू
Newari: कूक टापू
Northern Frisian: Cook-Eilunen
Northern Sami: Cook-sullot
Norwegian: Cookøyene
Norwegian Bokmål: Cook-øyene
Norwegian Bokmål: Cook Islands
Norwegian Bokmål: Cookøyene
Norwegian Nynorsk: Cook-øyane
Norwegian Nynorsk: Cook-øyene
Norwegian Nynorsk: Cook Islands
Norwegian Nynorsk: Cookøyane
Norwegian Nynorsk: Cookøyene
Occitan (post 1500); Provençal: Illas Cook
Oriya: କୁକ ଆଇସଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ
Oriya: କୁକ ଦ୍ଵୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ
Oriya: କୁକ ଦ୍ୱୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ
Oriya: କୁକ୍‌ ଦ୍ୱୀପପୁଞ୍ଜ
Ossetian; Ossetic: Кукы сакъадæхтæ
Ossetian; Ossetic: Кучы сакъадæхтæ
Pampanga: Cook Islands
Panjabi: ਕੁੱਕ ਟਾਪੂ
Persian: جزایر کوک
Pitcairn-Norfolk: Dem Kuuk Ailen
Polish: Wyspy Cooka
Portuguese: Ilhas Cook
Portuguese: Subdivisões das ilhas cook
Portuguese: ilhas Cook
Pushto: کوک ټاپوګان
Quechua: Islas Cook
Raeto-Romance: Inslas Cook
Romanian: Insulele Cook
Rundi: Izinga rya Kuku
Russian: Кука Острова
Russian: Острова Кука
Samoan: Atu Kuki
Sango: âzûâ Kûku
Schwyzerdütsch: Cookinsle
Scots: Cook Islands
Serbian: Кукова Острва
Serbian: Острва Кук
Serbo-Croatian: Cook otoci
Serbo-Croatian: Cookovi Otoci
Serbo-Croatian: Cookovi otoci
Serbo-Croatian: Kukova Ostrva
Serbo-Croatian: Kukovi otoci
Serbo-Croatian: Ostrva Kuk
Serbo-Croatian: Otoci Cook
Serbo-Croatian: Кукова Острва
Serbo-Croatian: Кукови отоци
Shan: မူႇၵုၼ် ၶုၵ်ႈ
Shona: Cook Islands
Shona: Zvitsuwa zveCook
Sicilian: Ìsuli Cook
Sindhi: ڪوڪ ٻيٽ
Sinhalese: කුක් දිවයින්
Sinhalese: කුක් දූපත්
Slovak: Cookove ostrovy
Slovenian: Cookovi otoki
Slovenian: Cookovo otočje
Somali: Jasiiradda Kook
Sorbian, Lower: Cook Islands
Sorbian, Lower: Cookowe kupy
Sorbian, Upper: Cookowe kupy
South Azerbaijani: کوک آدالاری
Spanish: Cook Islands
Spanish: Cookiano
Spanish: Islas Cook
Sundanese: Kapuloan Cook
Swahili (generic): Cook Islands
Swahili (generic): Visiwa vya Cook
Swedish: Cook Islands
Swedish: Cooköarna
Swedish: Herveyöarna
Tagalog: Arkipelagong Cook
Tagalog: Arkipelago ng Cook
Tagalog: Cook Islands
Tagalog: Isla ng Cook
Tagalog: Kaislahan ng Cook
Tagalog: Kapuluang Cook
Tagalog: Mga Isla ng Cook
Tagalog: Mga Pulo ng Cook
Tagalog: Pulo ng Cook
Tajik: Ҷазираҳои Кук
Tamil: குக் தீவுகள்
Tatar: Кук утраулары
Telugu: కుక్ దీవులు
Thai: หมู่เกาะคุก
Tibetan: ཀཱུག གླིང་ཕྲེན་རྒྱལ་ཁབ།
Tibetan: ཁོ་ཁེ་གླིང་ཚོམ་
Tibetan: ཁོ་ཁེ་གླིང་ཚོམ།
Tigrinya: ደሴታት ኩክ
Tonga (Tonga Islands): ʻOtumotu Kuki
Tonga (Tonga Islands): ʻOtu motu Kuki
Tosk Albanian: Cookinseln
Tunisian Spoken Arabic: جزر كوك
Turkish: Cook Adaları
Turkish: Cook Adası
Turkish: Cook Islands
Turkmen: Kuk adalary
Udmurt: Кук шормуӵъёс
Uighur: Kuk Taqim Aralliri
Uighur: كۇك ئاراللىرى
Uighur: كۇك تاقىم ئاراللىرى
Ukrainian: Острови Кука
Urdu: The Cook Islands
Urdu: جزائر کک
Urdu: کک آئلینڈز
Uzbek: Kuk orollari
Venetian: Isole Cook
Venetian: Ixołe cook
Venetian: Ìzołe Cook
Vietnamese: Quần Đảo Cook
Vietnamese: Quần đảo Cook
Vietnamese: Đảo Cook
Waray (Philippines): Cook Islands
Waray (Philippines): Kapuropod-an Cook
Welsh: Ynysoedd Cook
Western Mari: Кук ошмаотывлӓ
Wolof: Duni Kuuk
Wolof: Dunu Kook
Wolof: Iil yu Cook
Wu Chinese: 曲克群島
Yiddish: קוק אינזלען
Yoruba: Cook Islands
Yoruba: Etíokun Kùúkù
Yoruba: The Cook Islands
Yoruba: Àwọn Erékùṣù Cook
Yue Chinese: 曲克群島
Zhuang: Cook Ginzdauj
Zulu: i-Cook Islands
Cooki saarõq
Isolas Cook

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