Southern Cook Islands

The Southern Cook Islands are a loose group of mostly volcanic, hilly islands and a few coral atolls.

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Rarotonga is by far the most populated of the Cook Islands and contains its capital Avarua.

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Aitutaki is an island in the Southern Cook Islands.

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Palmerston Island is a coral atoll which includes five small island groups.

Mangaia is the most southerly of the Cook Islands and the second largest, after Rarotonga.

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Atiu is an island in Southern Cook Islands. It is the third largest, third most populous, and third most visited island in the Cook Island group.

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Mauke is an island of the Cook Islands archipelago, lying in the central-southern Pacific Ocean.

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Mitiaro, the fourth island in the Cook Islands group, is of volcanic origin, standing in water 4500 m deep.

Latitude of centre

-20° or 20° south

Longitude of centre

-159° or 159° west

GeoNames ID

4035674

Wikidata ID

Q11826289

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