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The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are located in the Indian Ocean at 15º06'00.02"S, 97º03'51.42"E. They have nothing to do with the Cocos tectonic plate located along the west coast of
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are the only forms of bedrock on the island and fractional crystallization of
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