Nomoi Islands

Nomoi Islands
Location of the Nomoi Islands in the Pacific Ocean
NASA picture of the Nomoi Islands with larger Satawan Atoll and Lukunor displayed whole; Etal Atoll is only partly seen

The Nomoi Islands, also known as Mortlock Islands, are a group of three large atolls in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. They are located about 250 km to the southeast of Chuuk.[1]

Satawan, the southern atoll, is the largest. Both Etal,[2] the northern one, and Lukunor[3] in the northeast are much smaller. They are located between 9 and 6 km apart from each other.

They were discovered by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Saavedra in 1528.[4]

Captain James Mortlock rediscovered two sets of islands on 19 and 27 November 1795. Confusingly, both were later called Mortlock Islands.[5]

The Mortlock Islands in the Caroline Islands encompass the Nomoi islands and the Upper Mortlock Islands or Eastern Islands, which are Losap, Nama and Namoluk.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Oceandots - Satawan at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
  2. ↑ Oceandots - Etal at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
  3. ↑ Oceandots - Lukunor at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
  4. ↑ Riesenberg, Saul H., "Six Pacific Islands Discoveries", The American Neptune, Oct. 1974, p.249
  5. ↑ The tale of the discovery of the two sets of “Mortlock Islands” Mariner’s Mirror, Journal of the Society for Nautical Research, May 2002

Coordinates: 5°29′30″N 153°37′30″E / 5.49167°N 153.62500°E / 5.49167; 153.62500


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