Nukuoro
Nukuoro | ||
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ISS image by Nukuoro | ||
Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
archipelago | Carolines | |
Geographical location | 3 ° 51 ′ N , 154 ° 56 ′ E | |
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Number of islands | 44 | |
Main island | Nukuoro Islet | |
length | 8 kilometers | |
Land area | 1.67 km² | |
Lagoon area | 27.25 km² | |
total area | 40 km² | |
Residents | 372 (2007) | |
Map of Nukuoro |
Nukuoro , formerly Monteverde , is an atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia . It is part of the state of Pohnpei .
geography
Nukuoro has a population of less than 400 people.
The lagoon has a diameter of 6 km. The total area of the atoll is 40 km², but the land area is only 1.67 km². Of this, 0.466 km² or 46.6 hectares are on the main island of Nukuoro, which is six times the size of the second largest island, Gausema . The islands' resources are therefore limited. The residents live from fishing, a little agriculture and the rearing of farm animals.
The atoll is comparatively remote. There is no runway and little shipping traffic: a passenger ship calls at the island once a month. The atoll is also visited by cruise ships from time to time .
language
They speak a language from the Polynesian language group called "Nukuoro". The island is therefore one of the Polynesian exclaves , which are outside the Polynesian triangle .
Islands
The islands of the atoll are listed in clockwise order, starting in the north or northwest:
No. | Motu | Area ( ha ) |
Population 2007 |
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1 | Deungagel gels | ... | ... |
2 | Dalainamu | ... | ... |
3 | Gabinivele | ... | ... |
4th | Hauosiga | 0.3 | ... |
5 | Namoilodoa | ... | ... |
6th | Modunui | ... | ... |
7th | Moduia | ... | ... |
8th | Dalagivao | ... | ... |
9 | Dolungahale | ... | ... |
10 | Ahulanui | 0.1 | ... |
11 | Niulegida | ... | ... |
12 | Masagumani-ilalo | ... | ... |
13 | Ahulegalega | ... | ... |
14th | Dahaugadabu | ... | ... |
15th | Dahangahaino | ... | ... |
16 | Ahuilodo | ... | ... |
17th | Moduidua | ... | ... |
18th | Modubodai | ... | ... |
19th | Sabinimadogo | ... | ... |
20th | Deahu (northern) | ... | ... |
21st | Deahu (middle) | ... | ... |
22nd | Deahu (southern) | ... | ... |
23 | Moduovae | ... | ... |
24 | Ahuedolu | ... | ... |
25th | Moduodula | ... | ... |
26th | Ahuloloa | ... | ... |
27 | Baonga | ... | ... |
28 | Moduovega | ... | ... |
29 | Balaiasi | ... | ... |
30th | Haduganae | ... | ... |
31 | Tuila | ... | ... |
32 | Sungaulohu | ... | ... |
33 | Ngaligi | ... | ... |
34 | Haisisi | ... | ... |
35 | Demodule | ... | ... |
36 | Ladi | ... | ... |
37 | Dagamanga | ... | ... |
38 | Nukuoro | 46.6 | ... |
38a | Masakomani 1) | ... | ... |
39 | Masagumani-ingage | ... | ... |
40 | Masabu | ... | ... |
41 | Senugudai | ... | ... |
42 | Gausema | 7.8 | ... |
43 | Moduilodo | ... | ... |
44 | Deahua | ... | ... |
45 | Olomanga | ... | ... |
46 | Moduilalo | ... | ... |
Nukuoro | 167 | 372 |
1) Masakomani, formerly a separate island, now forms the southernmost part of the main island of Nukuoro.
literature
Pacific Languages: An Introduction John Lynch, University of Hawaii Press, 1998 pp. 50–51 "polynesian outliers"
Individual evidence
- ^ Edwin Horace Bryan: Guide to place names in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: (the Marshall, Caroline and Mariana Islands) (Paperback). Honolulu: Pacific Scientific Information Center, 1971 (Original data: 0.180 sq. Mi. Or 0.030 sq.mi.).
- ↑ Vern Carroll: Place names on Nukuoro Atoll, Atoll Research Bulletin No. 107, September 30, 1954 (PDF; 580 kB)
Web links
- Images from NASA Earth Observatory
- Detailed maps of the atoll and its motus
- Nukuoro on Oceandots ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )