an island in the Pacific Ocean administered by Costa Rica, approximately southwest of the Costa Rican mainland.

Australian territory in Indian Ocean.

Tropical palm tree, produces coconuts.

Genus of tropical palm trees.

A group of islands in the Indian Ocean, politically belonging to Australia.

a community that form the predominant group of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, which is now a part of Australia.

Cocos Islands, also called Ile Aux Cocos, are a group of small islets in the Seychelles archipelago.

a failed mutiny by Sri Lankan soldiers against British officers, on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands on 8 May 1942, during the Second World War.

a single-ship action that occurred on 9 November 1914, after the Australian light cruiser , under the command of John Glossop, responded to an attack on a communications station at Direction Island by the German light cruiser , commanded by Karl von Müller.