Geography, Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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Cocos (keeling) Islands is called ' Australia's best kept holiday destination secret'. It's group of islands located in Southeastern Asia, in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway from Australia to Sri Lanka. Each island has rough coral beaches to seaward and sandy beaches or mudflats on the lagoon side. The Islands are low lying and most are thickly covered with coconut palms. The area is 14.2 km˛ and 2.6 km of coastline. The climate is tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year. Average temperature is from 23°C to 30°C.

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