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    Palmerston Island

    Part of Southern Cook Islands

    Palmerston Island is a coral atoll in the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean about 290 miles (470 km) northwest of Rarotonga. James Cook landed there on 16 June 1774.

    View of the Cook Islands taken during ISS Expedition 2.
    View of the Cook Islands taken during ISS Expedition 2.

    Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center / Public domain

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    Palmerston Island is a coral atoll in the Cook Islands in the Pacific Ocean about 290 miles (470 km) northwest of Rarotonga. James Cook landed there on 16 June 1774.

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands1
    • Minor islands0
    • Islets1
    • Rocks & skerries0

    Major islands

    1

    • Cooks

      Area
      0.37 km²
      High point
      23 m

      Cooks is an islet in Palmerston Island in the Cook Islands. It is on the southern edge of the atoll, between Toms and Home. The islet is named after James Cook.

    Islets

    1

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    Comparative heights

    Sea level10 m20 m30 m23 mCooks8 mKarakerake
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    Groups within

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    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

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