Etal Atoll

{{Short description|Island in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia}}

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Etal or Ettal is an island and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.[http://www.statoids.com/yfm.html Statoids.com], retrieved December 8, 2010 Etal is part of the Nomoi Islands group, located about 250 km to the southeast of Chuuk.{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/etal.php |title=Oceandots - Etal |accessdate=December 7, 2011 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/etal.php |archivedate=December 23, 2010 }}

Islands

Etal is a small atoll with 17 islands on its reef shelf. Most islands have coconut and breadfruit groves.{{cite enroute|126|2017|291}} The main islands are:

Etal Island, located in the SE part of the atoll, is the largest. Etal Island is a municipality on its own with 267 inhabitants in the 2000 census.[http://www.pacificweb.org/DOCS/fsm/2000%20Chuuk%20Census/2000%20Chuuk%20Census%20Report_Final.pdf Chuuk State Census Report, 2000]
Parang, located in the north, is the second largest island
Unon is an isolated island in the western rim.

History

Etal was first sighted by Europeans by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Saavedra shortly after August 1528 in its first attempt to return to New Spain.{{cite journal|last1=Riesenberg|first1=Saul|title=Six Pacific Islands Discoveries|journal=The American Neptune|date=October 1974|pages=249}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120426023120/http://www.cchph.net/portfolio/downloads/Kraemer-Woleai.pdf Report of the German South Pacific Expedition 1908-1910]
[http://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/Pacific_Region/47.pdf Polynesia-Micronesia Biodiversity Hotspot]

Category:Municipalities of Chuuk State

Category:Islands of Chuuk State

Category:Atolls of the Federated States of Micronesia