Wiichen Men's Meetinghouse | |
Location: | Peniesene, Moen Island (Truk), Federated States of Micronesia |
Coordinates: | 7.4514°N 151.8722°W |
Added: | September 30, 1976 |
Refnum: | 76002213 |
The Wiichen Men's Meetinghouse is a historic building site in Peniesene on Moen Island in Chuuk State of the Federated States of Micronesia. The site, deemed archaeologically significant due to its place in Chuukese folklore, includes a pre-contact period petroglyph panel and swimming basin. Local history claims that this was the meeting place of six brothers who became the first chieftains of Chuuk.[1]
The site was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1976, when the region was part of the US-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.[1]