Home Island

Home Island
Pulu Selma (Cocos Islands Malay)
Map of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Home Island
Geography
Coordinates12°07′04″S 96°53′51″E / 12.1178°S 96.8975°E / -12.1178; 96.8975
ArchipelagoSouth Keeling Islands
Area95 ha (230 acres)
Administration
Australia
TerritoryCocos (Keeling) Islands
Largest settlementBantam
Demographics
Population448 (2021)
Additional information
Time zone

Home Island, also known locally as Pulu Selma, is one of only two permanently-inhabited islands of the 26 islands of the South Keeling Islands of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, an Australian external territory in the central-eastern Indian Ocean. The island contains the largest settlement of the territory, Bantam.

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