Falalop ( uli, Fl'aalop) is an island adjacent to the

Ulithi Atoll Ulithi ( yap, Wulthiy, , or ) is an atoll in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, about east of Yap. Overview Ulithi consists of 40 islets totaling , surrounding a lagoon about long and up to wide—at one of the largest i ...

in the western

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, approximately east of

Yap Yap ( yap, Waqaab) traditionally refers to an island group located in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of Yap State. The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to the state within the Federated States of Micro ...

. It is part of the

Yap State Yap State, also known in the Yapese language as Nam nu Wa'ab (lit. "Island of Yap") or simply as Wa'ab, is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The other states are Kosrae State, Pohnpei State, and Chuuk State. C ...

within the

Federated States of Micronesia The Federated States of Micronesia (; abbreviated FSM) is an island country in Oceania. It consists of four states from west to east, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosraethat are spread across the western Pacific. Together, the states comprise a ...

Overview

Falalop is one of four

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s, that make up the

coral atoll Corals are marine invertebrates within the class (biology), class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact Colony (biology), colonies of many identical individual polyp (zoology), polyps. Coral species include the important C ...

Ifalik Ifalik (also spelled Ifaluk) is a coral atoll of four islands in the central Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Ifalik is located approximately east of Wolea ...

. It is the largest islet, in area, triangular in shape, surrounded by a fringing reef up to wide, with a maximum elevation of above sea level. It has the largest population of the four inhabited islets of Ifalik, between 500 to 600 people. Falalop is separated from the Ulithi Atoll by a deep wide channel.

Ulithi Airport Ulithi Civil Airfield is a public airport serving the island of Falalop, located in the Ulithi Atoll in the Caroline Islands, Federated States of Micronesia. It was previously Falalop Airfield or Naval Air Base Ulithi (NAB Ulithi), when used as ...

is located on the island, as well as one of the three Yap State public high schools.

Transportation

The Ulithi Civil Airfield (

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code ULI, FAA Identifier TT02) serves as the main air link with the rest of Federated States of Micronesia. Air services are provided by Pacific Missionary Aviation, although there are no regularly scheduled flights. Falalop Island- Ulithi Atoll

Education

Public schools *

Yap Outer Islands High School Outer Islands High School (OIHS) is a secondary school in Ulithi, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia.Islands of Yap