Satawan
Sign in to savethumb|300px|NASA picture of Satawan Atoll Satawan Atoll is an atoll located about southeast of Chuuk Lagoon proper. Geographically it is part of the Nomoi or Mortlock Islands in the Carolines and administratively it is part of Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia. About 3,000 people live on a land area of .
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thumb|300px|NASA picture of Satawan Atoll Satawan Atoll is an atoll located about southeast of Chuuk Lagoon proper. Geographically it is part of the Nomoi or Mortlock Islands in the Carolines and administratively it is part of Chuuk State in the Federated States of Micronesia. About 3,000 people live on a land area of .A Japanese airfield was located on the atoll during World War II.
==Name== The name of the island goes back to Proto-Chuukic *tadawana, making it etymologically related to Satawal.