<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Cocos (Keeling) Islands<nl>Geography</hdr><body>
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<item><hi format=bold>Location:</hi> Southeastern Asia, in the Indian Ocean, 1,070 km southwest of Indonesia, about halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka
<item><hi format=bold>Area:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total area:</hi> 14 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>land area:</hi> 14 sq km
<item>• <hi format=ital>comparative area:</hi> about 24 times the size of The Mall in Washington, DC
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> includes the two main islands of West Island and Home Island