The municipality of the Shire of the Cocos Keeling Islands encompasses all of the Territory of the Cocos Keeling Islands.
The islands lie 2,768km north-west of Perth, 3,685km due west of Darwin, approximately 900km south-south west of Christmas Island, and approximately 1,000km south-west of Java and Sumatra.
It encompasses Home Island and West Island, 25 other islands, as well as inhabited and uninhabited areas.

