Losap
| Losap | ||
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| archipelago | Carolines | |
| Geographical location | 6 ° 53 ' N , 152 ° 42' E | |
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| Number of islands | 14th | |
| Main island | Laol | |
| length | 10 km | |
| width | 6 km | |
| Land area | 1.04 km² | |
| Lagoon area | 28 km² | |
| total area | 40 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 37 m | |
| Residents | 875 (2000) | |
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Losap is an inhabited atoll in the Caroline Archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean . Politically it belongs to the federal state of Chuuk of the Federated States of Micronesia and is counted there to the island region of Mortlocks .
geography
Losap is 81 km southeast of the Chuuk Atoll in the center and 110 km northwest of the Mortlock Islands (formerly the Nomoi Islands) in the southeast of the state. The closest land mass is the small neighboring island of Nama , 13 km northwest of Losap. The 10 × 6 km large atoll has a lagoon area of 28 km², while the land area of the 14 islands of the atoll is only about 1 km². The fringing reef is interrupted in several places in the west, but in the southeast of the atoll there is only one deep passage that allows entry into the lagoon . Losap has 882 inhabitants who are spread over the three villages of Pekias , Sotiw and Lukan . They speak a dialect of the Chuukesian language , which is one of the Micronesian languages .
Largest island is Laol in the northeast. Losap Island, just west of Laol, is 31 meters high. The island of Piis in the south reaches a height of 37 meters. The lagoon is up to 68 meters deep.
Islands
Southern Group (Pis Islands)
- Alananubu
- Fanuanwin (Fannaanwin)
- Talap Island
- Pis Island
Eastern group
- Loal (Laol) Island (Sobuor)
- Losap Island
- Oite Island
- 7 more small motus
The southern and eastern groups are clearly separated by the Morappu Channel in the west of the atoll and the Morchan Channel in the east. The groups also correspond to the two communities of the atoll.
administration
The atoll includes the municipalities of Losap (0.85 km², 445 inhabitants) in the east and Piis-Emwar (0.18 km², 427 inhabitants) in the south.
Losap includes a. Loal (Laol) Island, Losap Island and Oite Island (eastern group).
Piis-Emwar includes u. a. Pis Island, Alananubu and Talap Island (southern group, also referred to as Pis Islands ).
Web links
- Losap on Oceandots ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Nautical chart of the atoll from German colonial times
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chuuk State Census Report, 2000 (English; PDF; 3.6 MB)
- ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: Sailing Directions (enroute), Pub. 126, Pacific Ocean (PDF; 5.1 MB)
- ↑ PDF at www.pacificweb.org ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
