Lukunor
Lukunor
Location of Lukunor Atoll in the Pacific Ocean
Lukunor is an Island and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.[1]
It is a small atoll part of the Nomoi Islands group, located about 264 km to the southeast of Chuuk.[2]
History
Lukunor 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.[3]
Climate
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References
- ^ Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010
- ^ "Oceandots - Lukunor". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2011-12-06.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Riesenberg, Saul (October 1974). "Six Pacific Islands Discoveries". The American Neptune: 249.
5°30′09″N 153°49′01″E / 5.5024°N 153.817°E
Borthwick, Ernest Mark. Aging and Social Change on Lukunor Atoll, Micronesia. PhD dissertation, University of Iowa, 1977.