Ulul

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Ulul

Location of Ulul in the Pacific Ocean

Ulul is a village and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.^[1] An airstrip on Ulul allows regularly scheduled flights by Caroline Islands Air ^[2] to the capital, Weno. Structures on the island include a school, municipal buildings, residences, and ruins of fortifications built during World War II.

Chuuk State state in Federated States of Micronesia

Chuuk State is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The other states are Kosrae State, Pohnpei State, and Yap State. It consists of several island groups:

The Federated States of Micronesia is an independent republic associated with the United States. It consists of four states – from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae – that are spread across the Western Pacific Ocean. Together, the states comprise around 607 islands that cover a longitudinal distance of almost 2,700 km (1,678 mi) just north of the equator. They lie northeast of New Guinea, south of Guam and the Marianas, west of Nauru and the Marshall Islands, east of Palau and the Philippines, about 2,900 km (1,802 mi) north of eastern Australia and some 4,000 km (2,485 mi) southwest of the main islands of Hawaii.

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Ulul is the westernmost island of Namonuito Atoll.^[3]

Namonuito Atoll, also called Namonweito, Weito, or Magur Islands, is the largest atoll of the Federated States of Micronesia and of the Caroline Islands with a total area of 2,267 square kilometres, unless one considers the still larger Chuuk (Truk) Lagoon as a type of atoll in an early stage of development. In Micronesia, only Kwajalein Atoll of the Marshall Islands is still larger.

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References

↑ Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010]
↑ "ONOUN (ULUL) CIVIL AIRFIELD".
↑ "Oceandots - Namonuito Atoll". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-10.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

Coordinates: 8°34′52″N149°41′06″E / 8.5812°N 149.685°E / 8.5812; 149.685

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[1] Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010]

[2] "ONOUN (ULUL) CIVIL AIRFIELD".

[3] "Oceandots - Namonuito Atoll". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-10.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)