Elements area
Taxonomy
Code
NA263
Scope note(s)
Widely scattered islands in Pacific, 2000 miles NE of New Zealand; settled by Polynesians 150 BC-1000 AD; charted by Spanish 1595; visited by British Captain Cook, for whom they are named, 1773; gained self-government in association with New Zealand 1965.
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Hierarchical terms
Cook Islands
BT Oceania