Cocos Islands, Australia (original) (raw)

Cocos Islands, Australiai

Age:

2.588 Ma to present day

Reference for age:

Searle, D.E. (1994) Late Quaternary Morphology of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. In: Ecology and Geomorphology of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin No. 401, Chp.3.

Mindat Locality ID:

344299

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:344299:2

6624a98a-c24d-4ee5-854b-03effdf3883c

Other/historical names associated with this locality:

Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands

French:

îles Cocos, Australie

German:

Kokosinseln, Australien

Italian:

Isole Cocos , Australia

Russian:

Кокосовые , Австралия

Simplified Chinese:

科科斯（基林）群島, 澳大利亚

Spanish:

islas Cocos, Australia

Afrikaans:

Cocos , Australië

Arabic:

جزر كوكوس, أستراليا

Armenian:

Կոկոսյան կղզիներ

Belarusian:

Какосавыя , Аўстралія

Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):

Какосавыя астравы

Bishnupriya Manipuri:

কোকোস

Bulgarian:

Кокосови острови, Австралия

Catalan:

Illes Cocos, Austràlia

Central Bikol:

Kaiislahang Cocos

Central Kurdish/Sorani:

دوورگەکانی کۆکۆس

Church Slavic:

Кокосовꙑ острова

Classical Chinese:

科科斯（基林）群島

Czech:

Kokosové ostrovy, Austrálie

Danish:

Cocosøerne, Australien

Dutch:

Cocoseilanden, Australië

Egyptian Arabic:

جزر كوكوس

Estonian:

Kookossaared, Austraalia

Ewe:

Kokos [Kiling] fudomekpo nutome

Farsi/Persian:

جزایر کوکوس, استرالیا

Finnish:

Kookossaaret, Australia

Galician:

Illas Cocos, Australia

Georgian:

ქოქოსის კუნძულები

Greek:

Νησιά Κόκος, Αυστραλία

Greenlandic:

Cocos qeqertaq

Hebrew:

איי קוקוס, אוסטרליה

Hindi:

कोकोस , ऑस्ट्रेलिया

Hungarian:

Kókusz , Ausztrália

Icelandic:

Kókoseyjar, Ástralía

Indonesian:

Kepulauan Cocos, Australia

Irish Gaelic:

Oileáin na gCócónna, An Astráil

Kashmiri:

کوکَس کیٖلِنٛگ جٔزیٖرٕ

Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):

Кокос

Kinyarwanda:

Ibirwa bya Koko

Kurdish (Latin Script):

Giravên Cocos

Latin:

Insulae Cocos seu Keeling

Latvian:

Kokosu , Austrālija

Lithuanian:

Kokosų , Australija

Luxembourgish:

Kokosinselen

Macedonian:

Кокосови Острови, Австралија

Minangkabau:

Kapulauan Cocos

Mingrelian:

ქოქოსიშ კოკეფი

Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:

Cocos

Norfolk:

Koekos / Kiiling Ailen

Northern Frisian:

Kokos-Eilunen

Northern Sami:

Cocos-sullot

Norwegian:

Kokosøyene, Australia

Norwegian (Nynorsk):

Kokosøyane

Polish:

Wyspy Kokosowe, Australia

Portuguese:

Ilhas Coco, Austrália

Ripuarian:

de Kokkos-Enselle

Romanian:

Insulele Cocos, Australia

Scottish Gaelic:

Na h-Eileanan Cocos [Keeling]

Serbian:

Кокосова , Аустралија

Serbo-Croatian:

Kokosovi Otoci

Slovak:

Kokosové ostrovy, Austrália

Slovenian:

Kokosovi , Avstralija

South Azerbaijani:

کوکوس آدالاری

Swahili:

Visiwa vya Cocos, Australia

Swedish:

Kokosöarna, Australien

Tagalog:

Kapuluang Cocos, Australya

Tajik (Cyrillic Script):

Ҷазираҳои Килинг

Thai:

หมู่เกาะโคโคส, ออสเตรเลีย

Traditional Chinese:

科科斯（基林）群島

Turkish:

Cocos , Avustralya

Ukrainian:

Кокосові острови, Австралія

Uyghur:

كەئەلىڭ كوكوس تاقىم ئاراللىرى

Vietnamese:

Quần đảo Cocos , Úc

Welsh:

Ynysoedd Cocos, Awstralia

West Frisian:

Kokoseilannen

Western Punjabi:

جزائر کوکوس

Yoruba:

Àwọn Erékùṣù Kókósì

The Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands is an Australian external territory in the Indian Ocean.

The islands comprise 27 small coral islands in two atolls approximately 2,950 kms north-west of Perth in a small archipelago midway between Australia and Sri Lanka and near the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The atolls form a U-shaped group with Horsbourgh Island centring in the northern part of the group. North Keeling Island is further north again.

The two atolls were formed from two undersea mounts that are part of the Vening Meinesz Seamounts.

The Cocos (Keeling) Islands were the only coral atolls that Charles Darwin visited in 1836 when he developed his well-known theory of coral atoll formation.

North Keeling Island is some 27.4km further north from Horsburgh Island in the northern section of the two atolls.

Horsburgh Island; Direction Island; Workhouse Island; Prison Island; Copper Island; Home Island; Little Ampang Island (Scaevola Islet); Ampang Island (Canui Island); Ampang Minor; Pond Heron Island (Goldwater island); Flower Island (Thorn Island); Gooseberry Island; Misery Island; Goat Island; Middle Mission Island (Bridge Island); South Goat Island (Pumpkin Island); South Island (Top Island); North Goat Island (One Coconut Island); East Cay; Burial Island; West Cay (Maria Island); Keelingham Horn Island; West Island (Long Island); Turtle Island.

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References

Castillo, P., Batiza, R., Vanko, D., Malavassi, E., Barquero, J., Fernandez, E. (1988) Anomalously young volcanoes on old hot-spot traces, I. Geology and petrology of Cocos Island. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 100(9), 1400-1414.

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