Alet Island

Last updated November 10, 2025

Alet Island, also known as Alei Island, is a small island in the Caroline Islands. It contains a lighthouse built by the Japanese on its west side, which is a registered building. USS Tinosa (SS-283) bombarded a radio station on Alet Island during World War II, and USS Tunny (SS-282) also patrolled off Alet Island. To Island and Elangeb Island are small islands just to the northeast. Poluwat Island lies to the east,^[1] and Sau Island to the southeast. Alet and Poluwat was formerly thought of as just one island named Kata before it was decided it was two.^[2] Enderby Bank is a reef about 5 miles west northwest of the island.

References

↑ Office, United States Hydrographic (1928). Pacific Islands Pilot: Western groups. Hydrographic Office under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy. p. 687. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
↑ Findlay, Alexander George (1851). A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean: The islands, etc., of the Pacific Ocean. R.H. Laurie. p. 1091. Retrieved 10 November 2025.

7°22′03″N149°10′39″E / 7.36750°N 149.17750°E / 7.36750; 149.17750

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[1] Office, United States Hydrographic (1928). Pacific Islands Pilot: Western groups. Hydrographic Office under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy. p. 687. Retrieved 10 November 2025.

[2] Findlay, Alexander George (1851). A Directory for the Navigation of the Pacific Ocean: The islands, etc., of the Pacific Ocean. R.H. Laurie. p. 1091. Retrieved 10 November 2025.

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