Cocos Islands

American  

[koh-kohs] / ˈkoʊ koʊs /

plural noun

1. an Australian group of 27 coral islands in the Indian Ocean, SW of Java. 5.5 sq. mi. (14 sq. km).

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Cocos Islands British  

/ ˈkəʊkəs, ˈkəʊkɒs /

plural noun

1. Also called: Keeling Islands.  a group of 27 coral islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Java: a Territory of Australia since 1955. Pop: 596 (2010). Area: 13 sq km (5 sq miles)

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Cocos Islands

Maley’s pursuit of the phenomenon has taken him across the world — from the icy land of Antarctica to the Cocos Islands off the western coast of Australia.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2024

By June 9, and suffering a fuel problem, the boat neared the Cocos Islands, a remote Australian coral atoll off the southern coast of Indonesia.

From Reuters ● Aug. 10, 2022

“We are going to protect ecosystems like the Galapagos and the Cocos Islands, which are among the world’s most valuable ecosystems,” Costa Rican President Alvaro Quesada said.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2021

The asylum seekers were brought ashore in the Australian territory of the Cocos Islands last Sunday, after spending nearly a month in locked, windowless rooms on an Australian Customs vessel.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 1, 2014

German cruiser, which had carried out raiding operations for two months, is destroyed by Australian cruiser Sydney off the Cocos Islands, southwest of Java.

From History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War by March, Francis Andrew