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An unspoiled national park, full of coral reefs and rich in wildlife. It is accessible via a 32-km boat ride, although you will need to have some swimming skills to get there. The national park is also home to several endangered species, which can only be found in Pulu Keeling National Park.
North Keeling is a small, uninhabited coral atoll, approximately 1.2 square kilometres (0.46 sq mi) in area, about 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Horsburgh Island. It is the northernmost atoll and island of the Australian territory of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. It consists of just one C-shaped island, a nearly closed atoll ring with a small opening into the lagoon, about 50 metres (160 ft) wide, on the east side. The lagoon is about 0.5 square kilometres (0.19 sq mi) in area. The island is home to the only surviving population of the endemic, and endangered, Cocos buff-banded rail, as well as large breeding colonies of seabirds. Since 1995, North Keeling Island and the surrounding sea to 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) from shore have been within the Pulu Keeling National Park.
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Pulu Cocos Museum Cultural and Heritage Precinct, Home Island Museum
This multipurpose visitor centre and museum was established to preserve Home Island's distinct Malay culture and what the islands were like under Clunies Ross' control. It includes objects used by the indentured Malay labourers with military objects, along with some otherwise seemingly random objects that preserve the island's distinct culture (such as wayang kulit). Everything in the museum is bilingual in Malay and English.