Lukunor

{{Short description|Island in the Federated States of Micronesia}}

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Lukunor 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

It is a small atoll part of the Nomoi Islands group, located about 264 km to the southeast of Chuuk.{{cite web|url=http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/lukunor.php |title=Oceandots - Lukunor |accessdate=2011-12-06 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/lukunor.php |archivedate=December 23, 2010 }}

History

Lukunor 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}}

Climate

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| Lukunoch, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia

|75.0|88.4| 9.20

|75.1|88.3| 9.81

|75.1|88.5|10.65

|75.1|88.5|11.86

|75.3|88.6|12.78

|75.0|88.8|11.97

|74.8|88.7|16.46

|75.0|88.6|14.18

|75.1|89.0|10.40

|75.1|88.8|11.25

|75.1|89.2|10.22

|75.2|88.6|11.22

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|source=1981-2010 provisional normals [ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/station/FMC00914419.normals.txt]{{dead link|date=May 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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References

Borthwick, Ernest Mark. Aging and Social Change on Lukunor Atoll, Micronesia. PhD dissertation, University of Iowa, 1977.

Category:Municipalities of Chuuk State

Category:Atolls of the Federated States of Micronesia