Time Difference
UTC+6.5 (11.5 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
Travel Climate
tropical with high humidity, moderated by the southeast trade winds for about nine months of the year
Travel Currency
1.352
Languages
Malay (Cocos dialect), English
Ethnic Groups
Europeans, Cocos Malays
National Holiday
Australia Day (commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet of Australian settlers), 26 January (1788)
Geographic Coordinates
12 30 S, 96 50 E
Location
Southeastern Asia, group of islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Indonesia, about halfway between Australia and Sri Lanka
Airports
1