Satawan

Satawan
Mortlock Islands: Satawan with the neighboring atolls Etal (north) and Lukunor (northeast)
Waters	Pacific Ocean
archipelago	Carolines
Geographical location	5 ° 18 ′  N , 153 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 5 ° 18 ′  N , 153 ° 42 ′  E
Number of islands	90
Main island	Satawan Island
length	32 km
width	13 km
Land area	5.13 km²
Lagoon area	382.09 km²
total area	419 km²
Residents	2935 (2000)

Satawan (also Satowan ) is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean . Geographically, it belongs to the group of islands Mortlock Islands in the archipelago of the Caroline Islands and politically on the island region Mortlocks in the state of Chuuk the Federated States of Micronesia .

According to the 2000 census, the atoll has a population of 2935. Of the total area of ​​419 km² (including the lagoon), only 5.1 km² are land.

Islands

The following list of 33 named islands (motus) is incomplete. It starts in the north with Moch (More) east of the North Channel , and continues clockwise :

 Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

No Motu Area ( ha ) Population 2000 Coordinates 1 Moch (More) 32.58 854 05 ° 29 ′ 16.0 "  N , 153 ° 32 ′ 40.0"  E 2 Oninuk 6.22   05 ° 29 '29.0 "  N , 153 ° 33' 13.0"  E 3 Lelang (Lalang) 6.73   05 ° 29 '32.0 "  N , 153 ° 33' 34.0"  E 4th Fecha (Farafor, Fanuaik) 1.81   05 ° 29 '39.0 "  N , 153 ° 34' 10.0"  E 5 Wonalang 3.14   05 ° 29 ′ 47.0 "  N , 153 ° 34 ′ 27.0"  E 6th Pis 0.05   05 ° 29 ′ 47.0 "  N , 153 ° 34 ′ 37.0"  E 7th Manimwek 0.98   05 ° 29 ′ 45.0 "  N , 153 ° 34 ′ 45.0"  E 8th Foui 1.8   05 ° 29 '43.0 "  N , 153 ° 34' 58.0"  E 9 Pokonopo 0.16   05 ° 29 ′ 39.0 "  N , 153 ° 35 ′ 22.0"  E 10 Cha Cha 0.15   05 ° 27 '05.0 "  N , 153 ° 38' 56.0"  E 11 Fauchan (Fuausan) 0.63   05 ° 26 '37.0 "  N , 153 ° 39' 15.0"  E 12 Faupuker 0.38   05 ° 25 '48.0 "  N , 153 ° 39' 48.0"  E 13 Pononkis 0.87   05 ° 24 '30.0 "  N , 153 ° 40' 40.0"  E 14th Pononlap 1.55   05 ° 24 '24.0 "  N , 153 ° 40' 51.0"  E 15th Masawechsel 0.32   05 ° 24 '12.0 "  N , 153 ° 41' 00.0"  E 16 Simelap 0.65   05 ° 23 '57.0 "  N , 153 ° 41' 11.0"  E 17th Enekap 0.59   05 ° 23 '34.0 "  N , 153 ° 41' 29.0"  E 18th Ewal (Eual) 0.89   05 ° 23 '11.0 "  N , 153 ° 41' 46.0"  E 19th Letau 0.11   05 ° 22 ′ 52.0 "  N , 153 ° 42 ′ 00.0"  E 20th Fatikat 1.64   05 ° 22 ′ 10.0 "  N , 153 ° 42 ′ 32.0"  E 21st Satawan 112.15 955 05 ° 19 ′ 49.0 "  N , 153 ° 44 ′ 09.0"  E 22nd Ta 155.4 253 05 ° 17 ′ 56.0 ″  N , 153 ° 41 ′ 12.0 ″  E 23 Far 7.77   05 ° 17 '17.0 "  N , 153 ° 38' 17.0"  E 24 Aliare 0.17   05 ° 17 ′ 27.0 "  N , 153 ° 37 ′ 43.0"  E 25th Onupuku 4.66   05 ° 22 ′ 56.0 "  N , 153 ° 30 ′ 10.0"  E 26th Kuttu 35.27 873 05 ° 27 '07  .0 " N , 153 ° 27' 36.0"  E 27 Orin 11.4   05 ° 22 ′ 56.0 "  N , 153 ° 30 ′ 10.0"  E 28 Pien 3.89   05 ° 28 ′ 07.0 ″  N , 153 ° 27 ′ 57.0 ″  E 29 pike 5.18   05 ° 28 ′ 36.0 ″  N , 153 ° 28 ′ 19.0 ″  E 30th Mariong 5.96   05 ° 28 ′ 47.0 "  N , 153 ° 28 ′ 27.0"  E 31 Apisson 6.45   05 ° 29 ′ 34.0 "  N , 153 ° 28 ′ 50.0"  E 32 Lemasul 7.37   05 ° 29 ′ 43.0 ″  N , 153 ° 29 ′ 12.0 ″  E 33 Alengarik 17.56   05 ° 29 ′ 55.0 "  N , 153 ° 29 ′ 22.0"  E 99 rest 24.42   Satawan (atoll) 458.9 2935 05 ° 18 '00.0 "  N , 153 ° 42' 00.0"  E

The southernmost island is Ta Island in the southeast, one of the four main inhabited islands and community centers. Ta is also by far the longest island with a length of 8.8 km (as the crow flies ), although it is barely 400 meters wide at its widest point in the southwest.

Barely 500 meters east / northeast of Ta is the eponymous main island of the atoll, Satawan, which is also the largest and most easterly island in the atoll.

The westernmost island is Kuttu, also inhabited and community.

The northernmost island of the atoll is the uninhabited island of Alengarik in the northwest.

Moch (More), the fourth of the inhabited islands, is also to the northwest.

administration

The Satawan Atoll accounts for four of the 40 communities in Chuuk State. They are named after the four main islands ( Motu ) of the atoll, which are also the four largest and the only inhabited ones in the atoll:

Commune (municipality)	Area ( ha )	Population 2000	Location in the atoll	(Sub) region	associated islands
Kuttu (kutu)	28	873	northwest	Mid Mortlocks	1 to 12
Moch (More)	28	854	North	Mid Mortlocks	13 to 21
Satawan (Satowan)	300	955	east	Lower Mortlocks	22 to 24
Ta	155	253	Southeast	Lower Mortlocks	25 to 33
Satawan (atoll)	513	2935		Mortlocks	1 to 33

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Donald W. Buden: Reptiles of Satawan Atoll and the Mortlock Islands, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, Manuscript accepted 14 August 2006