They are not part of any continent. Geographically they would come under Oceania.
Rarotonga is 1 of 15 islands of the Cook islands and Avarua is the capital of the Cook islands.
The Philippine Islands are closest to the continent of Asia. The group of islands are located closest to the coast of Vietnam, which is a country in Asia.
The Cook Islands are located in the Southern Hemisphere.
Australia is a continent that correlates with being surrounded by a group of islands in the southern hemisphere.
They are not part of any continent. Geographically they would come under Oceania.
James Cook was able to determine that New Zealand was not a continent because he circumnavigated the islands, sailing around the islands and charting them as he went.
Which continent? James Cook never circumnavigated Australia, but he did chart the eastern coast, from April to August 1770. He circumnavigated the islands of New Zealand in 1769.
Islands are by definition, not in or on a continent.
Islands are by definition, not in or on a continent.
James Cook was the first known European explorer to circumnavigate New Zealand. This proved that it was made up of two main islands and numerous smaller islands, and was not connected to any other continent.
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No, the Cook Islands are in Oceania.
Antarctica is the continent where Balleny Islands is on
Captain James Cook initially named the Hawaiian Island the Sandwich Islands after the Earl of Sandwich. John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, at the time the First Lord of the Admiralty and Cook's superior officer, was one of Cook's major sponsors.
There are no land masses 'surrounding' Cook Islands. The nearest land to the Cook Islands is New Zealand.
Islands in an ocean don't belong to any continent. If they were part of a continent they wouldn't be islands would they? The African Continent is the continent nearest the Canary Islands, but the islands are the result of volcanic activity on the ocean floor.