Dongosaro

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Dongosaro
Southern tip of Dongosaro
Southern tip of Dongosaro
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Sonsorol Islands
Geographical location 5 ° 19 '34 "  N , 132 ° 13' 14"  E Coordinates: 5 ° 19 '34 "  N , 132 ° 13' 14"  E
Dongosaro (Palau)
Dongosaro
length 1.8 km
width 700 m
surface 1.36 km²
Highest elevation 1  m
Residents 24 (2000)
18 inhabitants / km²
main place Dongosaro
NASA satellite image of Fanna and Dongosaro (bottom)
NASA satellite image of Fanna and Dongosaro (bottom)

Dongosaro , also known as Sonsorol or Dongosaru , is an island in the western Pacific . It is 1.7 km south of its smaller sister island Fanna, with which it forms the group of the Sonsorol Islands .

The island is surrounded by a coral reef that is 160 to 480 m from land. The main settlement of the same name, Dongosaro, is located on the west coast of the island, which is heavily forested with coconut palms .

Together with the islands of Fanna, Pulo Anna and Merir , Dongosaro forms the Palauian state Sonsorol , d. H. an administrative area of ​​the island republic of Palau.