Mokil (atoll)

Mokil
Landsat false color image of Mokil
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Carolines
Geographical location	6 ° 41 ′  N , 159 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 6 ° 41 ′  N , 159 ° 45 ′  E
Number of islands	3
Main island	Kahlap (Mokil)
length	4.5 km
width	2.8 km
Land area	1.24 km²
Lagoon area	2 km²
total area	6 km²
Residents	177 (2000)
Map of Pohnpei, the Mokil atoll in the east

Mokil (also Mwoakilloa , old names are Wellington or Duperrey Islands ) is an inhabited atoll in the central Pacific Ocean . Geographically it belongs to the Carolines Archipelago , politically to the federal state of Pohnpei of the Federated States of Micronesia .

Mokil is located in the east of Pohnpei, 153 km east of the island of Pohnpei and 113 km northwest of Pingelap . The nearly rectangular atoll is 4.5 km long and 2.8 km wide; the approximately 2 km² large lagoon is bordered by the three islands of Urak , Kahlap ( Mokil ) and Manton . Only Kahlap in the northeast is inhabited, with the village facing the lagoon. The land area of ​​all islands together is 1.24 km².

The 177 residents Mokils speak Mokilesisch , one the Pohnpeanischen similar Micronesian language .

Web links

• Mokil on Oceandots ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• Mokil in the German Colonial Lexicon
• A map of Mokil

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pohnpei Census 2000 (English; PDF; 3.7 MB)

Old map of the Mokil atoll