Keeling Islands
Britishplural noun
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The Cocos Keeling Islands, a group of 27 islands in the Indian Ocean, are mostly uninhabited except for two, according to a website for the islands.
From Fox News • May 16, 2019
On the Cocos Keeling Islands, about 1,300 miles northwest of Australia, there are reportedly more than 400 million pieces of garbage, according to research by marine biologist Jennifer Lavers.
From Fox News • May 16, 2019
"More than 414 million pieces of plastic debris are estimated to be currently sitting on the Cocos Keeling Islands, weighing a remarkable 238 tons," Lavers told the outlet.
From Fox News • May 16, 2019
Ideas even emanated from Iran, North Korea, and the tiny Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands off the coast of Australia.
From BusinessWeek • Jun. 3, 2008
"Then send and hunt up Jim Sloper at once, for we sail this afternoon for the Keeling Islands."
From Blown to Bits or, The Lonely Man of Rakata by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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