Eauripik
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Eauripik Island is a coral atoll of three islands in the western Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Its total land area is only 23.6 hectares, . It encloses a deep lagoon of . With light southwest winds, there are usually breakers on both sides of the atoll. All of the islets are covered with coconut palms. There used to be five islets. Two were washed away in the late 1970s by typhoon waves. Eauripik is located approximately southwest of Woleai.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Eauripik
- Islands.image_name
- Eauripik ISS002.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Eauripik Atoll
- Islands.image_size
- 250px
- Islands.map_caption
- Location of Eauripik in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
- Islands.location
- North Pacific
- Islands.archipelago
- Caroline
- Islands.total_islands
- 3
- Islands.area_km2
- 0.236
- Islands.elevation_m
- 2
- Islands.population
- 113
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2000
- Islands.country
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- State
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Yap
- Islands.ethnic_groups
- Micronesian
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Area
- 0.236
- Image
- Eauripik ISS002.jpg
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Eauripik Island is a coral atoll of three islands in the western Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Its total land area is only 23.6 hectares, . It encloses a deep lagoon of . With light southwest winds, there are usually breakers on both sides of the atoll. All of the islets are covered with coconut palms. There used to be five islets. Two were washed away in the late 1970s by typhoon waves. Eauripik is located approximately southwest of Woleai.
The population of Eauripik Island was 113 in 2000. Many islanders usually reside on the mainland Yap as temporary laborers.
On the map
2 mapped locations