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South Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands

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after 4.3 km (3 mi). Numerous tiny, mostly elongated islands can be found on the lagoon side, never more than 350 metres (380 yards) from the coast. In the west there are three small islands off the coast (North Goat Island, East Cay and Burial Island), followed by a 1.2 km (1 mi)
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South Island forms the southwestern edge of the atoll, so it is very curved. While the sea side is rather straight, consists of a beach and drops steeply after a few meters, the lagoon side is branched and only drops very gently. The island is heavily forested. Directly to the north are nine smaller
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wide channel. Behind it is another small island and, a total of 2.3 km (1 mi) from South Island, the main island of West Island. Probably the only house on the island is in the north. There is a campground to the west.
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than Australia, and South Island is the southernmost island in the group, it is the southernmost island of Asia and its southernmost point at 12 ° 12 ′ 32 ″ S, 96 ° 53 ′ 42 ″ E is also the southernmost point of
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are also included in Asia, which are closer to Indonesia than to Asia, the southernmost point of Asia is 36 km (22 mi) farther south, on
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islands, the first of which is Middle Mission Isle, followed by the inhabited
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because they are significantly closer to the coast of
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Malay
Cocos Malay

South Island is located in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
12°11′22″S 96°55′24″E / 12.18944°S 96.92333°E / -12.18944; 96.92333
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
External territory of Australia
Australian Indian Ocean Territories
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Canberra
English
Malay
Cocos Malay
Time zone
UTC+06:30
Malay
Cocos Malay
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Australia
Indian Ocean
atoll
South Keeling Islands
West Island
Indonesian
Enggano
Java
Christmas Island
Home Island

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