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Cocos Islands at a glance
Cocos Islands is a territory in Australasia; its capital is West Island. People mainly speak English. The currency is the Australian Dollar (AUD). VoyaKin maps 4 places to see here.
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Before you go: official information
Entry rules, visas and health requirements change. Confirm them with Cocos Islands’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book and again before you travel.
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Places to see in Cocos Islands
Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

West Island
Island
West Island, part of the South Keeling Islands, is the capital of the Cocos (Keeling) 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.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: PalawanOz (Public domain). Map

Home Island
Island
Home Island is the most populous of only two permanently-inhabited islands of the 26 islands of the South Keeling Islands of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian external territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean. The island contains the largest settlement of the territory, Bantam.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Cocos(keeling) 76.jpg (Public domain). Map

North Keeling
Island
North Keeling is a small, uninhabited coral atoll, approximately 1.2 square kilometres (0.46 sq mi) in area, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Horsburgh Island. It is the northernmost atoll and island of the Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: North Keeling ISS022-E-22826.jpg (Public domain). Map

Direction Island
Island
Direction Island is located in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands group. It is the northeasternmost of the South Keeling Islands.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada (CC BY 2.0). Map
Keep exploring
Also in Australasia: Australia · New Zealand · Christmas Island · Heard Island & McDonald Islands · Norfolk Island
Last updated November 12, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.
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