Pingelap
Sign in to savePingelap is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, part of Pohnpei State of the Federated States of Micronesia, consisting of three islands: Pingelap Island, Sukoru and Daekae, linked by a reef system and surrounding a central lagoon, although only Pingelap Island is inhabited. The entire system has a land area of 1.8 km² (455 acres) at high-tide, and is less than at its widest point. The atoll has its own language, Pingelapese, spoken by most of the atoll's 250 residents.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Pingelap
- Settlement.native_name
- Pingelap Atoll
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Pingelap.png
- Settlement.caption
- A satellite image of the Pingelap atoll at low-tide. The pale strip in the center is the airstrip.
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Atoll
- Settlement.area_land_km2
- 1.8
- Settlement.width_km
- 4
- Settlement.population_total
- 250
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Micronesia
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Pohnpei
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Federated States of Micronesia#Pacific Ocean
- Settlement.pushpin_map_alt
- Map of the Pacific with Pingelap highlighted
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Pingelap in the Pacific
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Located in
- Pohnpei State
- Time zone
- UTC+11:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Pingelap.png
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- Commons category
- Pingelap
- located in/on physical feature
- Caroline Islands
Sources (3)
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Article · Deutsch
Pingelap (auch: Pelelap, Pingerappu To; Englisch veraltet: Musgrave oder Mac-Askill Island) ist ein westpazifisches Atoll mit drei Haupt-Inseln im Teil- bzw. Bundesstaat Pohnpei der Föderierten Staaten von Mikronesien.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
On the map
2 mapped locations