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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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Capital
West Island
Region
Australasia
Languages
English
Currency
Australian Dollar (AUD)
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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

    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

    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

    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

    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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