Home Island
12°07′S 96°54′E
Home Island (Cocos Islands Malay: Pulu Selma) is the most populous of only two permanently-inhabited islands of the 26 islands of the South Keeling Islands of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian external territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean.
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12°07′S 96°54′E
Overview
Home Island (Cocos Islands Malay: Pulu Selma) is the most populous of only two permanently-inhabited islands of the 26 islands of the South Keeling Islands of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian external territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean. The island contains the largest settlement of the territory, Bantam.
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Nearest islands
- Direction Island3.6 km
- Horsburgh Island7.7 km
Also in Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Horsburgh Island
1 km²▲ 16 m
Major islands
Direction Island
0.32 km²▲ 13 m
Major islands
Photographs
This is a photo of a cultural heritage monument of Australia with id: 105363
Barges are used to carry shipping containers to the jetty on Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands. The ferry from West Island also ties up here.
Some 400 Cocos Malay people lives in homes such as these along Jalan Kembang Molok on Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
In 1886 Queen Victoria granted the Cocos (Keeling) Islands to the Clunies-Ross family in perpetuity. This road leads to their former residence on Home Island.
This derelict building behind Oceania House on Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, was part of the Clunies-Ross estate.
This lovely lagoon beach is on the west side of Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Ocean waves crash into a beach on the east side of Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Pulu Gangsa Cemetery is at the north end of Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands
The Rip between Direction and Home islands, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, offers spectacular drift snorkeling on an incoming tide.
The Cocos Malay village on Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, is an interesting place to walk around.
The bright yellow dome of the mosque is a focal point of the Malay kampong on Home Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands.
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Home Island shoreline. KylieIsTravelling / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Home Island Jetty (24560174733). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Jalan Kembang Molok (25079664562). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Home Island Road (24930324010). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Clunies-Ross Estate (25209093875). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Lagoon Beach (25152057091). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Ocean Beach (25229602115). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Pulu Gangsa Cemetery (25116883672). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- The Rip (25281396686). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Welcome to Home Island (24898097220). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- Bright Yellow Dome (25086334622). David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0
- CKI Malay banner. David Stanley from Nanaimo, Canada / CC BY 2.0