West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands

West Island is the capital of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The population is roughly 120. It is the less populous of the two inhabited islands (the other is Home Island). It was part of the Clunies-Ross plantation and an airstrip was built here during World War II. As well as all the government buildings, it contains the airport, a general store and tourist accommodation.

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Cocos tourism

Capitals of Oceania

Capitals of non-sovereign territories shown in SmallCaps

Australasia	Melanesia	Micronesia	Polynesia

Canberra, Australia Flying Fish Cove, Christmas Island^1,3 Kingston, Norfolk Island^1,2 Wellington, New Zealand² West Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands^1,3	Dili, East Timor³ Honiara, Solomon Islands Nouméa, New Caledonia⁴ Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea⁵ Port Vila, Vanuatu Suva, Fiji	Hagåtña, Guam⁶ Majuro, Marshall Islands Ngerulmud, Palau Palikir, FS Micronesia Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands⁶ South Tarawa, Kiribati Yaren, Nauru (de facto)	Adamstown, Pitcairn Islands⁷ Alofi, Niue⁸ Apia, Samoa Avarua, Cook Islands⁸ Funafuti, Tuvalu Hanga Roa, Easter Island⁹ Honolulu, Hawaii¹⁰ Mata-Utu, Wallis and Futuna⁴ Nukuʻalofa, Tonga Fakaofo, Tokelau¹¹ Pago Pago, American Samoa⁶ Papeete, French Polynesia⁴

¹ Territory of Australia. ² Often included in Polynesia. ³ Often included in Southeast Asia. ⁴ Overseas collectivity of France. ⁵ Often included in Australasia. ⁶ Insular area of the United States. ⁷ Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom.⁸ In free association with New Zealand. ⁹ Territory of Chile. ¹⁰ U.S. state.¹¹ New Zealand dependent territory.