Ngatik

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Ngatik
Western half of Sapwuahfik Atoll;  Ngatik far left.
Western half of Sapwuahfik Atoll; Ngatik far left.
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Carolines
Geographical location 5 ° 47 '11 "  N , 157 ° 9' 23"  E Coordinates: 5 ° 47 '11 "  N , 157 ° 9' 23"  E
Ngatik (Federated States of Micronesia)
Ngatik
length 1.8 km
width 760 m
surface 90.6 ha
Residents 640 (2000)
706 inhabitants / km²
main place Ngatik

Ngatik is a small Pacific island in the Caroline Archipelago . It lies on the western reef rim of the Sapwuahfik Atoll . The atoll used to be called Ngatik Atoll .

geography

The island of Ngatik is 1800 m long and up to 760 m wide, flat and densely overgrown. It has an area of ​​90.6 ha and is by far the largest island in the atoll. The 78 km² large lagoon of Sapwuahfik is just under 400 m from the east coast .

In front of the southeastern tip of the island there is an artificially created airfield ( 5 ° 47 ′ 1.1 ″  N , 157 ° 10 ′ 1.4 ″  E ) with a length of only 370 m.

administration

Ngatik belongs to the Micronesian state of Pohnpei . According to the 2000 census, 640 people live there.

Individual evidence

  1. Donald W. Buden: The Reptiles of Sapwuahfik Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 54 kB) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uog.edu