!!!Cocos (Keeling) Islands: Geography
||Location|Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka
||Geographic Coordinates|12 30 S, 96 50 E[{GoogleMap location='-12.5,96.833336' zoom='4'}]
||Land boundaries|0 km
||Coastline|26 km
||Elevation Extremes|''lowest point: ''Indian Ocean 0 m\\''highest point: ''unnamed location 5 m
||Highest Mountains|
||Terrain|flat, low-lying coral atolls
||Natural Hazards|cyclone season is October to April
||Natural Resource|fish
||Land Use|''arable land: ''0%\\''permanent crops: ''0%\\''other: ''100% (2011)
||Climate|tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year
||Irrigated Land|NA
||Renewable Water Resources|NA
||Environment_CurrentIssues|freshwater resources are limited to rainwater accumulations in natural underground reservoirs
||Environment - international agreements|NA
||Large Cities|
||Geography-note|islands are thickly covered with coconut palms and other vegetation; site of a World War I naval battle in November 1914 between the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney and the German raider SMS Emden; after being heavily damaged in the engagement, the Emden was beached by her captain on North Keeling Island