Nagging

Nagging
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Ngeruangel Atoll
Geographical location	8 ° 10 ′  N , 134 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 8 ° 10 ′  N , 134 ° 39 ′  E

Ngeruangel (also: Ngaruang , Ngaruangl , Ngerwangel ) is the only island in the Ngeruangel Atoll of the same name , which is located in the north of the Pacific island state of Palau , about 80 km north of the capital Melekeok .

geography

The flat island is the only island in the small atoll . Originally it was actually inhabited, but it was destroyed by a tsunami . The atoll stretches in a horseshoe shape from the island to the southwest and then back to the north. It is under nature protection as the Ngeruangel Marine Reserve . The western reef is known as the Velasco Reef - Emerging Ngaruangel Reef Section ; the lagoon is open to the north through the Ngaruangel Boat Pass . The atoll is separated from the Kayangel (atoll) to the south by the Ngaruangel Passage (Euchelel Ngeruangl, −620 m). Two shipwrecks can be found in the western reef: Samidars at a depth of 5–9 m ( ⊙ ) and the George Bush Wreck (12 m , ( ⊙ )), a Japanese boat that was sunk by George Bush on July 25, 1944 .

Administratively, the island belongs to the Palau state of Kayangel .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ geonames.org .

literature

• Republic of Palau Adventure and Dive Guide. Guide to the undisputed Best Diving in the World. Franko Maps Ltd. 2016.