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 (Cocos Islands Malay: 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.