Weather Balloon Launch Site
Weather Balloon Launch Site is a monitoring station in Cocos Islands. Weather Balloon Launch Site is situated nearby to Police Station, as well as near the aerodrome Cocos Islands Airport.Places of Interest Nearby
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 is situated 2 km north of Weather Balloon Launch Site.
Weather Balloon Launch Site
- Type: Monitoring station
- Location: Cocos Islands, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-12.18877° or 12° 11′ 20″ southLongitude
96.83436° or 96° 50′ 4″ eastOperator
Australian Bureau of MeteorologyOpen location code
5MVRRR6M+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 7161118322OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=monitoring_station
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