Ngulu Atoll

Ngulu Atoll
Ngulu

NASA picture of Ngulu Atoll
Geography
Location North Pacific
Coordinates Coordinates: 8°27′N 137°29′E / 8.45°N 137.483°E / 8.45; 137.483
Archipelago Caroline
Total islands 9
Area 0.4 km2 (0.15 sq mi)
Highest elevation 2 m (7 ft)
Country
Demographics
Population 26 (as of 2000)
Ethnic groups Micronesian

Ngulu Atoll is a coral atoll of three islands in the Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Ngulu extends for 36 kilometres (22 mi) by 22 kilometres (14 mi) with 18 reef segments enclosing a deep central lagoon of 382 square kilometres (147 sq mi). The eastern portion of the reef is deeply submerged. Its total land area of the nine islets is only 0.4 square kilometres (0.15 sq mi). Nugulu is located approximately 104 kilometres (65 mi) south-southwest of Yap, is the westernmost atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia. The population of Ngulu was 26 in 2000. [1].

As with all of the Caroline Islands, sovereignty passed to the Empire of Germany in 1899. The island came under the control of the Empire of Japan after World War I, and was subsequently administered under the South Pacific Mandate. Following World War II, the island came under the control of the United States of America and was administered as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947, and became part of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1979.

References

  • Columbia Gazeteer of the World. Vol. 1, p. 900

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