Cocos (Keeling) Islands

E33794
archipelago coral atoll external territory

Cocos (Keeling) Islands is a remote Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean, known for its small population, coral atolls, and strategic location between Australia and Sri Lanka.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Cocos Islands 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
coral atoll ⓘ
external territory ⓘ
administeredBy Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts ⓘ
area about 14 km² ⓘ
callingCode +61 ⓘ
capital West Island ⓘ
climate tropical ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
currency Australian dollar ⓘ
discoveredBy William Keeling ⓘ
discoveryYear 1609 ⓘ
distanceToAustraliaMainland about 2,750 km northwest of Perth ⓘ
distanceToSriLanka about 1,000 km southwest of Sumatra and on route between Australia and Sri Lanka ⓘ
drivingSide left ⓘ
ethnicGroup Cocos Malay ⓘ
surface form: Cocos Malays
formerColonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
governingBody Australian government ⓘ
surface form: Australian Government
governmentType territory under Australian federal administration ⓘ
hasCoralReefs true ⓘ
hasLagoon true ⓘ
headOfState monarch of Australia ⓘ
internetTLD .cc ⓘ
ISO3166Code CC ⓘ
largestSettlement Bantam ⓘ
legislature Shire of Cocos (Keeling) Islands Council ⓘ
locatedIn Indian Ocean ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
mainEconomicActivity copra production ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
numberOfIslands 27 ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
population around 600 ⓘ
populationYear 2020 ⓘ
primaryReligion Islam ⓘ
recognizedLanguage Cocos Malay ⓘ
regionalOrganization Indian Ocean Rim Association ⓘ
representedBy Administrator of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
runway Cocos (Keeling) Islands Airport ⓘ
settlementBegan 19th century ⓘ
sovereignState Australia ⓘ
strategicLocation between Australia and Sri Lanka ⓘ
timeZone UTC+06:30 ⓘ
transferredTo Australia ⓘ
transferYear 1955 ⓘ
usesLegalSystem Australian law ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Straits Settlements → contains → Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
Western Australia → containsIsland → Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
Oceania → containsTerritory → Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
Indian Ocean → hasMajorIsland → Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
Pacific Islands → hasPart → Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
Australian dollar → officialCurrencyOf → Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cocos Islands
Australian pound → usedIn → Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ
Straits dollar → usedIn → Cocos (Keeling) Islands ⓘ