Etal Atoll
Etal
Location of Etal Atoll in the Pacific Ocean
Etal or Ettal is an island and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.[1] Etal is part of the Nomoi Islands group, located about 250 km to the southeast of Chuuk.[2]
Islands
[edit]Etal is a small atoll with 17 islands on its reef shelf. Most islands have coconut and breadfruit groves.[3] The main islands are:
- Etal Island, located in the SE part of the atoll, is the largest. Etal Island is a municipality on its own with 267 inhabitants in the 2000 census.[4]
- Parang, located in the north, is the second largest island
- Unon is an isolated island in the western rim.
History
[edit]Etal was first sighted by Europeans by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Saavedra shortly after August 1528 in its first attempt to return to New Spain.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010
- ^ "Oceandots - Etal". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved December 7, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 126: Pacific Islands (PDF). Sailing Directions. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2017. p. 291.
- ^ Chuuk State Census Report, 2000
- ^ Riesenberg, Saul (October 1974). "Six Pacific Islands Discoveries". The American Neptune: 249.
External links
[edit]5°34′45″N 153°35′13″E / 5.5793°N 153.5869°E
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