Elato
{{Short description|Pacific atoll in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia}}
{{Infobox islands
| name = Elato
{{lang|woe|Yelaat}}
| image_name = Elato Lamolior Landsat.jpg
| image_caption = NASA picture of Elato Atoll
| image_size = 250px
| map_image = Yap.png
| map_caption =
| location = North Pacific
| coordinates = {{coord|7|29|N|146|09|E|type:isle |display=inline}}
| coastline_mi =
| archipelago = Caroline
| total_islands = 3
| area_km2 = 0.526
| elevation_m = 2
| population = 96
| population_as_of = 2000
| country = Federated States of Micronesia
| ethnic_groups = Micronesian
}}
{{Location map
|Pacific Ocean
|label=Elato
|lon_dir=E
|lat_dir=N
|lat_deg=7|lat_min=29
|lon_deg=146|lon_min=9
|position=right
|width=300
|float=right
|mark=Cercle rouge 100%.svg
|marksize=20
|caption=Location of Elato in the Pacific Ocean
}}
Elato ({{langx|woe|Yelaat}}{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Sohn |first1=Ho-min |last2=Tawerilmang |first2=Anthony F. |title=Woleaian-English Dictionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V1rGDwAAQBAJ |date=31 March 2019 |publisher=Humanities Open Books program, a joint initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation |isbn=978-0824804152 |pages=407}}) is a coral atoll of three islands in the central Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. It is located approximately {{convert|10|km|mi|sp=us}} west of Lamotrek.
Its population was 96 in 2000,[http://www.pacificweb.org/DOCS/fsm/Yap2000Census/2000%20Yap%20Census%20Report_Final.pdf Yap State Census Report, 2000] ( PDF) living on {{convert|0.5|km2|abbr=on}}.
Geography
The island is a double atoll with a total length of {{convert|14|km|mi|sp=us}}, and up to {{convert|2|km|mi|sp=us}} wide. The northern component, called Elato, contains two lagoons and three islets. It is connected to the southern component, called Lamolior, by a narrow submarine ridge. Lamolior has two islets. Both components are part of the same seamount. The total land area for both components combined is only {{convert|0.526|km2|sqmi|sp=us}}.{{cite web |url=http://oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/elato.php |title=Oceandots |accessdate=2012-01-31 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/elato.php |archivedate=December 23, 2010 }} Nearby Olimarao Atoll belongs administratively to Elato.
History
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 Seas 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 Gazetteer of the World. Vol. 1, p. 900
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External links
- {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/elato.php |date=December 23, 2010 |title=Entry at Oceandots.com }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426023120/http://www.cchph.net/portfolio/downloads/Kraemer-Woleai.pdf Report of the German South Pacific Expedition 1908-1910]
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Category:Municipalities of Yap
Category:Atolls of the Federated States of Micronesia
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