Wiichen Men's Meetinghouse

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| name = Wiichen Men's Meetinghouse

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| location = Peniesene, Moen Island (Truk), Federated States of Micronesia

| coordinates = {{coord|7|27|5|N|151|52|20|E|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Federated States of Micronesia

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| added = September 30, 1976

| area = {{convert|1|acre}}

| refnum = 76002213{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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The Wiichen Men's Meetinghouse is a historic building site in Peniesene on Moen Island in Chuuk State of the Federated States of Micronesia. The site, deemed archaeologically significant due to its place in Chuukese folklore, includes a pre-contact period petroglyph panel and swimming basin. Local history claims that this was the meeting place of six brothers who became the first chieftains of Chuuk.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=76002213}}|title=NRHP nomination for Wiichen Men's Meetinghouse|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=2015-03-30}}

The site was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1976, when the region was part of the US-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

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