Cook Islands is an island country in the South Pacific Ocean, in Polynesia, northeast of New Zealand and roughly halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand.

Where Cook Islands is

  • Cook Islands is part of Oceania and lies in the South Pacific Ocean.
  • It sits north‑east of New Zealand, to the west of French Polynesia, and in the center of the Polynesian Triangle, about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand.
  • The country is made up of 15 small islands spread over about 2 million square kilometres of ocean, with a land area of about 236–240 square kilometres.

Key geographic points

  • The main island is Rarotonga , where the capital town Avarua is located in the southern group of the islands.
  • The islands are divided into a Northern Group (mainly coral atolls) and a Southern Group (more visited, including Rarotonga and Aitutaki).

TL;DR: Cook Islands is a small Polynesian island nation in Oceania, in the South Pacific Ocean, north‑east of New Zealand and roughly midway between Hawaii and New Zealand.

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