Eil Malk

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Eli Malk
(Mecherchar)
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Jellyfish Lake on Eli Malk
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Map of Eli Malk
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Eli Malk
(Mecherchar)
Geography
Location Pacific Ocean
Coordinates 7°9′15″N134°21′45″E / 7.15417°N 134.36250°E / 7.15417; 134.36250
ArchipelagoMecherchar Islands, Palau Islands
Area19 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Length6 km (3.7 mi)
Width4.5 km (2.8 mi)
Highest elevation82 m (269 ft)
Administration
Palau
State Koror
Unincorporated area Rock Islands
Demographics
Population0
Pop. density0/km2 (0/sq mi)

ELI Malk or Mecherchar is the main island of the Mecherchar Islands, an island group of Palau in the Pacific Ocean. In a more narrow sense, just the southeastern peninsula of Mecherchar is called Eli Malk. [1]

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Geography

Eli Malk is located 23 kilometers southwest of Koror near the fringing reef of Palau. The neighbor island is Ngeruktabel.

This densely wooded island has the shape of a letter Y, is up to 6 km long and 4.5 km wide. There are more than 10 small lakes on the island. Most well known is the Jellyfish Lake in the east of the island.

Eli Malk is uninhabited, but there has been at least one village, perhaps three villages in the period between 1200 and 1450. [2]

See also

References

  1. "Pacific West Regional Office (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov.
  2. "Pacific West Regional Office (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov.