Helen Island

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Helen Island
Helen Island
Helen Island
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Helen Reef
Geographical location 2 ° 58 '25 "  N , 131 ° 48' 43"  E Coordinates: 2 ° 58 '25 "  N , 131 ° 48' 43"  E
Helen Island (Palau)
Helen Island
length 600 m
width 300 m
surface 3 ha
Residents 3
100 inhabitants / km²
main place (Ranger station)
Tern colony on Helen Island
Tern colony on Helen Island

Helen Iceland is about 600 meters long and 20 to 40 m wide island in the north of the island nation of Palau counting Helen riffs . The island is overgrown with palm trees.

There is a permanently manned ranger station on Helen Island. Therefore Helen Reef is counted among the nine inhabited islands of the Republic of Palau.

Helen Island is in the north of the atoll.

Individual evidence

  1. Republic of Palau 2002-2003 Statistical Yearbook ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.2 MB)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.palaugov.net

Web link

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