West Island
West Island is a village in Cocos Islands.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
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Pulau Panjang / West Island”
- Category: locality
- Location: Cocos Islands, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-12.18985° or 12° 11′ 24″ southLongitude
96.83045° or 96° 49′ 50″ eastOpen location code
5MVRRR6J+35OpenStreetMap ID
node 1927498780OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“West Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ويست آيلند”
- Burmese: “Pulau Panjang”
- French: “West Island”
- German: “West Island”
- Spanish: “West Island”
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