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Cook Islands. The Cook Islands Federation was created in 1891, [1] after the Kingdom of Rarotonga was given the island of Aitutaki. It lasted until 1901, when it was given to New Zealand. [2]
The Cook Islands are named after Captain James Cook, who visited the islands in 1773 and 1777, although Spanish navigator Alvaro de Mendaña was the first European to reach the islands in 1595. The Cook Islands became aligned to the United Kingdom in 1890, largely because of the fear of British residents that France might occupy the islands as ...
Cooköarna (engelska: Cook Islands, rarotongesiska: Kūki 'Āirani) [1] är en självstyrande ögrupp i Stilla havet cirka 3 000 km nordost om Nya Zeeland, som ögruppen sedan 1965 är i fri association med. Cooköarna omfattar 15 öar och har en landarea på 240 km² med en befolkning på 21 000 invånare som talar engelska och rarotongesiska, som är en maori dialekt.
The Northern Cook Islands is one of the two chains of atolls which make up the Cook Islands. Lying in a horizontal band between 9° and 13°30' south of the Equator, the chain consists of the atolls of Manihiki, Nassau, Penrhyn, Pukapuka, Rakahanga and Suwarrow, along with the submerged Tema Reef .
Cookøerne. Koordinater: 21°14′S 159°47′V. Cookøernes flag. Cookøernes placeringen i Stillehavet. Cookøerne eller Cook Islands er et selvstyrende territorium under New Zealand. Øerne har omkring 20.000 indbyggere fordelt på ca. 240 km². Dertil kommer havområdet Cook Islands Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), som omfatter i alt 1,8 ...
The Cook Islands are a group of islands in the southern Pacific. They form an independent state, but have strong ties with New Zealand. The 15 small islands have a total land surface of 240 square kilometers. About 18.000 people live on the islands, most of them from tourism. The largest island, Rarotonga, also holds the territory's capital ...
Cook Islands is a self-governing democracy in the Pacific in free association with New Zealand. Cook Islands may also refer to. Cook Islands Federation, a former British Colony; See also. All pages with titles beginning with Cook Islands ; All pages with titles containing Cook Islands ; Cook Island (disambiguation)
