Lamotrek
Sign in to saveLamotrek () 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. The atoll is located approximately east of Elato. The population of Lamotrek was 373 in 2000, living on almost 1 km2.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Lamotrek
- Islands.image_name
- Lamotrek Landsat.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture with the three islands in red
- Islands.image_size
- 250px
- Islands.map_image
- Yap.png
- Islands.location
- North Pacific
- Islands.archipelago
- Caroline
- Islands.total_islands
- 3
- Islands.area_km2
- 0.982
- Islands.elevation_m
- 2
- Islands.population
- 373
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2000
- Islands.country
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Islands.ethnic_groups
- Micronesian
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- Area
- 0.982
- Image
- Lamotrek Landsat.jpg
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Lamotrek () 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. The atoll is located approximately east of Elato. The population of Lamotrek was 373 in 2000, living on almost 1 km2.
==Name== The name of the island possibly goes back to Proto-Chuukic *lamʷo-li-ragi "lagoon of the west".
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