Explore West Island, Other Territories, Australia, with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the West Island, OT map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets — plus a labelled MGA grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for West Island, Other Territories, Australia. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Other Territories or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of West Island and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Geoscience Australia National Base Map — seamless topographic mapping covering the mainland, Tasmania and the external territories. NATMAP 250K shows the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 map sheets, mosaicked nationwide — the printed sheets generations of Australians navigated the outback with. The search box finds any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name, so you are not limited to West Island.
Reading the map like a paper sheet. Click Grid to overlay the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as an MGA grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what emergency services and search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need mobile coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load, which across much of inland Australia is most of the time.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Locality | West Island |
| State | Other Territories (OT) |
| Local Government Area | Shire Of Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Latitude | -12.14585 |
| Longitude | 96.84229 |
| Area | 58.5 km² |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Perth | 2938 km northwest |
West Island is a locality in the Shire Of Cocos (Keeling) Islands local government area of Other Territories, Australia. The locality covers an area of 58.5 km². It lies approximately 2938 km northwest of Perth. West Island is located at 12.1458°S, 96.8423°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT).
West Island rises from the Indian Ocean as a verdant smudge against the vast blue, a land of low, rolling hills fringed by the ceaseless murmur of surf. It lies 2609.5 km north-west of Geraldton, WA (from Geraldton, WA: bearing 311°T). The air here carries a perpetual, gentle humidity, thick with the scent of salt and the subtle, sweet perfume of flowering frangipani that spills over low stone walls. Coconut palms, their fronds rustling like dry paper in the persistent trade winds, stand sentinel along the shorelines, casting shifting patterns of shade on the pale, sun-bleached sand. The colour palette of West Island is a study in soft contrasts: the deep emerald of the vegetation against the startling turquoise of the shallows, the muted grey of weathered coral rock against the bleached white of the beaches. Even the light seems to possess a peculiar softness, particularly in the late afternoon, when it filters through the palm leaves, bathing the island in a honeyed glow.
The history of West Island is inextricably linked to the maritime trade routes that once crisscrossed these waters, a past echoed in the sturdy, bleached timbers of old jetties and the occasional, half-buried fragment of pottery unearthed by the tide. For generations, the island's economy revolved around the cultivation of coconuts, a legacy evident in the widespread groves that still dominate the interior, their fruit yielding oil and copra that once found their way to distant markets. Today, a different rhythm pulses through West Island, one of quiet custodianship and a growing appreciation for its unique ecological heritage. The surrounding waters, teeming with vibrant marine life, offer a bounty of fish, a resource still tapped by local fishermen who cast their nets from small, colourful boats bobbing gently in the sheltered lagoon. This gentle pace of life, where the day is marked by the rise and fall of the sun and the ebb and flow of the tide, defines the character of West Island, a place where the past and present coexist in a serene, sun-drenched embrace.
Sources: curated tourist landmarks, CAPAD 2024 (Australian protected areas), OpenStreetMap.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of West Island, Other Territories. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on West Island, in the Shire Of Cocos (Keeling) Islands local government area.
Detailed location data for West Island includes the postcode, telephone area code (02), and local government area (Shire Of Cocos (Keeling) Islands). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Australian town, suburb or landmark by name; offers Geoscience Australia topographic mapping and the classic NATMAP 1:250 000 sheets as base layers; overlays a labelled Map Grid of Australia (MGA) so the map can be read like a printed topographic sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as an MGA grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require mobile coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct West Island is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; © Geoscience Australia National Base Map and NATMAP 1:250 000 (CC BY 4.0); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |