Mortlock Islands (other)
Mortlock Islands can refer to: *Nomoi Islands The Nomoi Islands, also known as the Mortlock Islands, are a group of three atolls in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. They are located about southeast of Chuuk Lagoon. Islands The Mortlock Islands are Ettal, Namoluk, Ta, ..., a group of three large atolls in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia * Takuu Atoll, a Melanesian outlier atoll northeast of Bougainville, Papua New Guinea {{geodis ...
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Nomoi Islands
The Nomoi Islands, also known as the Mortlock Islands, are a group of three atolls in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. They are located about southeast of Chuuk Lagoon. Islands The Mortlock Islands are Ettal, Namoluk, Ta, Nama, Oneop, Losap, Moch, Picemwar, Satowan, Lukunor (Likinioch), and Kuttu (KuKuttu). Losap, Nama, and Namoluk are clustered to the northwest of the other islands and are also called the Upper Mortlock Islands or Eastern Islands. Satawan, the southern atoll, is the largest. Both Etal, the northern one, and Lukunor in the northeast are much smaller. They are located between from each other. History They were sighted by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Saavedra in 1528. Captain James Mortlock was sailing from Port Jackson to Whampoa in ''Young William'' when he rediscovered two sets of islands on 19 and 27 November 1795. Confusingly, both were later called Mortlock Islands.''The tale of the discovery of the two sets of “Mor ...
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