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 · Português
Pingelap é uma das ilhas que constituem os Estados Federados da Micronésia. Ela se destaca pelo alto índice de acromatopsia dos seus habitantes (uma em cada dez pessoas enxerga apenas em preto e branco), sendo, por isso, conhecida também por Ilha dos Daltônicos. Esta cegueira da cor é relativamente rara, mas aparece a miúdo em comunidades com baixa variabilidade genética. Pingelap foi descrita no livro The Island of the Colorblind ("A Ilha dos Daltônicos") pelo neurólogo Oliver Sacks. Ainda que pertencente ao estado de Pohnpei, o atol de Pingelap situa-se a várias centenas de quilômetros ao leste de Pohnpei.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
On the map
2 mapped locations