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isola Cocos

Cocos Island (Chamorro: Islan Dåno) is an island 1 mile (1.6 km) off the southern tip of the United States territory of Guam, located within the Merizo Barrier Reef, part of the municipality of Malesso'. The island is uninhabited, 1,600 meters (5,200 ft) long in a southwest–northeast direction, betw

een 200 m (660 ft) and 300 m (980 ft) wide, and has an area of 386,303 m2 (95.458 acres). It sits atop the southwestern coral reef rim of Cocos Lagoon. The east coast of the island is a day resort with a pool, volleyball court, cafe, ice cream parlor, restaurant and bar, and water sports equipment rentals. Visitors to the resort can snorkel, dive, kayak, dolphin watch, parasail, jet ski and bike. The west side is public land, part of the Territorial Park System. Ferries run to Malesso'. During the Spanish times, the island was owned by Don Ignacio Mendiola Dela Cruz (Tu'an). In the late 1920s, the US government acquired two-thirds of the island via eminent domain. In the mid-1930s, Don Ignacio sold the remaining third to a businessman named Gottwald. A Coast Guard long-range navigation station was built and operated on Cocos Island from 1944 to 1963. In the late 1980s to early 1990s, the...

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