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Keeling Islands

British  
/ ˈkiːlɪŋ /

plural noun

  1. another name for the Cocos Islands

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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"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

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

The study highlighted that the plastic debris on the Cocos Keeling Islands “is not unique,” and that, along with other coastal areas, they “reflect the acute symptoms of an otherwise rapidly increasing environmental hazard.”

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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