Ngerukewid Islands
Sign in to saveNgerukewid or Ngerukeuid (also known as Orukuizu) is a set of islands located inside the Palau's lagoon. The set contains 37 small raised coral islands, which range in size from 0.1 to 48.5 ha, and amount to total land area of 87.3 ha. The islands and the area around them are protected under the Ngerukewid Islands Wildlife Preserve, which was established in 1956.
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- Country
- Palau
- Located in
- Koror
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Body of water
- Philippine Sea
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- located in/on physical feature
- Rock Islands
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Ngerukewid or Ngerukeuid (also known as Orukuizu) is a set of islands located inside the Palau's lagoon. The set contains 37 small raised coral islands, which range in size from 0.1 to 48.5 ha, and amount to total land area of 87.3 ha. The islands and the area around them are protected under the Ngerukewid Islands Wildlife Preserve, which was established in 1956.
==See also== Rock Islands
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ngerukewid Islands” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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