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Chuuk Lagoon is part of the larger Caroline Islands group. The area consists of eleven major islands (corresponding to the eleven municipalities of Truk lagoon, which are Tol, Udot, Fala-Beguets, Romanum, and Eot of Faichuk group, and Weno, Fefen, Dublon, Uman, Param, and Tsis of Nomoneas group) and 46 smaller ones within the lagoon, plus 41 on the fringing coral reef, and is known today as ...
Chuuk State (/ ˈ tʃ uː k /; also known as Truk) [1] is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). It consists of several island groups: Nomoneas, Faichuuk, the Hall Islands, Namonuito Atoll (Magur Islands), Pattiw (Western Islands), and the Mortlock Islands.
The Caroline Islands. The Japanese occupied Micronesia, including the Caroline Islands, in 1914 and established Truk as a base as early as 1939.The lagoon was first built up to house the Imperial Japanese Navy's 4th Fleet, its "South Seas Force".
The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically, they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the central and eastern parts of the group, and Palau at the extreme western end.
1 Chuuk (Truk) Islands. 2 Kosrae. 3 Pohnpei. 4 Yap. 5 References. Toggle the table of contents. List of cities and towns in the Federated States of Micronesia. 1 ...
Eten Island as a district of Tonoas (Dublon) Etten is an island in Chuuk Lagoon (previously known as Truk Lagoon), in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is located 620 meters to the south of Dublon Island and has an area of 52 hectares. It is part of Tonoas (Dublon) municipality, and forms one of Dublon's 19 historical districts.
Chuuk or Truk may refer to: Chuuk State, one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia; Chuuk Lagoon, or Chuuk Atoll, a sheltered body of water and island group in the central Pacific; Chuuk International Airport, an airport located on Weno, in Chuuk State, Micronesia; Chuukese language, a language of the Austronesian language family
West coast of Weno Island. It is located in the Chuuk Lagoon.Its villages are on the coast (Sapuk, Penia, Peniesene, Tunnuk, Mechitiw, Iras, Nantaku, Nepukos, Mwan, Neiwe, and Wichap, Epinup) and serve as the center of commerce.