Pulap
Pulap or Pollap, Fanadik is a village and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.[1] The main three islands are Pollap in the north of Pollap Atoll, Tamatam in the south and Fanadik at the western fringe of the reef.
It is a small atoll, part of the Pattiw group, located about 140 miles (230 km) to the west of Chuuk.[2]
First recorded sighting of Pulap Atoll was by the Spanish navigator Alonso de Arellano on 17 January 1565 on board of the patache San Lucas.[3] In a Spanish chart of 1879 this atoll appears as Los Martires (The Martyrs in Spanish).[4]
In April 2016 three shipwrecked sailors were rescued from Fanadik after spelling out HELP with palm leaves. They had been stranded for three days after their vessel was overturned by a large wave after departing Pulap island, forcing them to swim two miles to shore at night. They were rescued by the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard after a passing plane spotted the message and notified the authorities.[5]
References
- ↑ Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010
- ↑ Oceandots - Pulap at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
- ↑ Sharp, Andrew The discovery of the Pacific Islands Oxford, 1960, p. 35–36.
- ↑ Chart of J. Noguera, Naval Museum of Madrid, LXIX-25.
- ↑ "Navy rescues 3 castaways who wrote 'help' with palm fronds on deserted island". Fox News Channel. April 9, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
Coordinates: 7°38′18″N 149°25′46″E / 7.6383°N 149.4294°E
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