CodeNA263
Place EntryCook Islands/Oceania
Place NameCook Islands
Area1Oceania
NotesWidely 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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