where are cook islands

The Cook Islands are a small island country in the South Pacific Ocean , in the Oceania region. They lie about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand, roughly 3,000 km northeast of New Zealand and west of French Polynesia.

Quick Scoop

• The Cook Islands sit in the Southern Hemisphere, in the central South Pacific, within the wider Polynesian Triangle.

• They are northeast of New Zealand and between American Samoa and French Polynesia, spread over a very large ocean area but with a small total land size.

• The main island is Rarotonga, where the capital Avarua is located.

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