North Keeling is a small, uninhabited coral atoll of about 1.2 km, (11°50′S 96°49′E / 11.833°S 96.817°E / -11.833; 96.817.) situated about 25 km north of Horsburgh Island. It is the northernmost atoll and island of the Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. North Keeling Island and the surrounding sea to 1.5 km from shore form the Pulu Keeling National Park.
North Keeling comprises just one C-shaped island, a nearly closed atoll ...
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North Keeling is a small, uninhabited coral atoll of about 1.2 km, (11°50′S 96°49′E / 11.833°S 96.817°E / -11.833; 96.817.) situated about 25 km north of Horsburgh Island. It is the northernmost atoll and island of the Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. North Keeling Island and the surrounding sea to 1.5 km from shore form the Pulu Keeling National Park.
North Keeling comprises just one C-shaped island, a nearly closed atoll ring with a small opening into the lagoon, about 50 m (165 ft) wide, on the east side. The lagoon is about 0.5 km (124 acres). The island is home to the only surviving population of the endemic, and endangered, Cocos Buff-banded Rail as well as large breeding colonies of seabirds.
The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are believed to have first been seen by Europeans in 1609 by Captain William Keeling, after whom they are named, of the East India Company on a journey from Java in the Dutch East Indies. North Keeling was sketched by Ekeberg, a Swedish...
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