Fanna (island)

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Fanna
Fanna as seen from Dongosaro
Fanna as seen from Dongosaro
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Sonsorol Islands
Geographical location 5 ° 21 '13 "  N , 132 ° 13' 38"  E Coordinates: 5 ° 21 '13 "  N , 132 ° 13' 38"  E
Fanna (Island) (Palau)
Fanna (island)
length 740 m
width 500 m
surface 54 ha
Highest elevation 1  m
Residents uninhabited
NASA satellite image of Dongosaro and Fanna (top)
NASA satellite image of Dongosaro and Fanna (top)

Fanna , also known as Fana , is a small island in the western Pacific . It is 1.7 km north of its sister island Dongosaro , with which it forms the group of the Sonsorol Islands .

The densely forested island is surrounded by a coral reef that is 160 to 480 m from land and has a diameter of 350 m. The main plants on the island are pisonia trees and coconut palms . Fanna is uninhabited and has an area of ​​0.54 km².

Together with the islands of Dongosaro, Pulo Anna and Merir , the islet forms the state of Sonsorol , that is, an administrative area of ​​the island republic of Palau .

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