Sorol
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Sorol is a coral atoll of nine islands in the central Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a municiality in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Sorol is located approximately south of Ulithi and southeast of the island of Yap. Sorol has been uninhabited since the early 1980s. Sorol is a municipality of the state of Yap. ==History== Sorol was once a chiefdom part of the sawei exchange network. While most member islands sent tribute to their superior in a westward chain leading to Gagil in Yap, Sorol, along with Fais, was an exception, as an Ulithian emissary came to Sor
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Sorol
- Islands.image_name
- NASA-Sorol-140.37236E 8.15557N.png
- Islands.image_caption
- NASA picture of Sorol Atoll
- Islands.image_size
- 250px
- Islands.map_caption
- Location of Sorol in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
- Islands.location
- North Pacific
- Islands.archipelago
- Caroline
- Islands.total_islands
- 9
- Islands.area_km2
- 0.934
- Islands.elevation_m
- 2
- Islands.population
- 0
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2010
- Islands.country
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- State
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Yap
- Islands.ethnic_groups
- Micronesian
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- Area
- 0.934
- Elevation
- 2
- Image
- NASA-Sorol-140.37236E 8.15557N.png
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Sorol is a coral atoll of nine islands in the central Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a municiality in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Sorol is located approximately south of Ulithi and southeast of the island of Yap. Sorol has been uninhabited since the early 1980s. Sorol is a municipality of the state of Yap. ==History== Sorol was once a chiefdom part of the sawei exchange network. While most member islands sent tribute to their superior in a westward chain leading to Gagil in Yap, Sorol, along with Fais, was an exception, as an Ulithian emissary came to Sorol to receive the tribute their paramount chief was owed. This was due to the Sorol people's lack of navigational tradition.
The first recorded sighting of Sorol Island by the Western world was by the Spanish navigator Alonso de Arellano on 22 January 1565 onboard the patache San Lucas.
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2 mapped locations