Île aux Cocos
| Île aux Cocos | ||
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| Waters | Indian Ocean | |
| Geographical location | 19 ° 43 ′ 10 ″ S , 63 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
| width | 154 m | |
| surface | 20 ha | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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The Île aux Cocos is a small uninhabited island in the Indian Ocean . It belongs to the African Republic of Mauritius . It is elongated (1.5 km) and narrow (maximum 154 meters wide).
The island is one of the many small neighboring islands of Rodrigues , from which it is about 4.2 km away. The Île aux Cocos is now a nature reserve that is home to terns like the slender beak noddi and the Australian tern . Coral reefs exist around the uninhabited island .