Australian Indian Ocean Territories
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Australian Indian Ocean Territories is the name since 1995 of an administrative unit under the Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, consisting of two islands groups in the Indian Ocean
under Australian sovereignty:
Each of these island components has its own Shire Council: the Shire of Christmas Island
and the Shire of Cocos
.
It does not include the uninhabited Ashmore and Cartier Islands
.
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
under Australian sovereignty:
- Christmas IslandChristmas IslandThe Territory of Christmas Island is a territory of Australia in the Indian Ocean. It is located northwest of the Western Australian city of Perth, south of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, and ENE of the Cocos Islands....
(10.485°N 105.636°W), where the administrator resides - Cocos (Keeling) IslandsCocos (Keeling) IslandsThe Territory of the Cocos Islands, also called Cocos Islands and Keeling Islands, is a territory of Australia, located in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Christmas Island and approximately midway between Australia and Sri Lanka....
archipelago (12.158°N 96.870°W), where he is nominally also administrator but does not reside
Each of these island components has its own Shire Council: the Shire of Christmas Island
Shire of Christmas Island
The Shire of Christmas Island is a Local Government Area which manages local affairs on the Australian external territory of Christmas Island...
and the Shire of Cocos
Shire of Cocos
The Shire of Cocos is a Local Government Area which manages local affairs on the Australian external territory of Cocos Islands . The island is grouped with Western Australia but is administered by Attorney-General's Department and an Administrator....
.
It does not include the uninhabited Ashmore and Cartier Islands
Ashmore and Cartier Islands
The Territory of the Ashmore and Cartier Islands is an external territory of Australia consisting of two groups of small low-lying uninhabited tropical islands in the Indian Ocean situated on the edge of the continental shelf north-west of Australia and south of the Indonesian island of...
.