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- 1 2 3 4 FAA Airport Form 5010 for 3N1 PDF , effective 2009-10-22.
- ↑ "MAV - Taroa Island, Marshall Islands - Maloelap Airport". Great Circle Mapper. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ↑ "Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2002). Modern Shipwrecks in the Marshall Islands--Wreck of the Toreshima Maru in Maloelap Lagoon--A Photo Essay". Digital Micronesia-An Electronic Library & Archive. Retrieved 2009-11-09.
