Etal Atoll Explained

Etal or Ettal is an island and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.^[1] Etal is part of the Nomoi Islands group, located about 250 km to the southeast of Chuuk.^[2]

Islands

Etal is a small atoll with 17 islands on its reef shelf. Most islands have coconut and breadfruit groves. The main islands are:

• Etal Island, located in the SE part of the atoll, is the largest. Etal Island is a municipality on its own with 267 inhabitants in the 2000 census.^[3]
• Parang, located in the north, is the second largest island
• Unon is an isolated island in the western rim.

History

Etal was first sighted by Europeans by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Saavedra shortly after August 1528 in its first attempt to return to New Spain.^[4]

External links

• Report of the German South Pacific Expedition 1908-1910
• Polynesia-Micronesia Biodiversity Hotspot

Notes and References

1. http://www.statoids.com/yfm.html Statoids.com
2. Web site: Oceandots - Etal . December 7, 2011 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/etal.php . December 23, 2010 .
3. http://www.pacificweb.org/DOCS/fsm/2000%20Chuuk%20Census/2000%20Chuuk%20Census%20Report_Final.pdf Chuuk State Census Report, 2000
4. Riesenberg. Saul. Six Pacific Islands Discoveries. The American Neptune. October 1974. 249.