Piagailoe Atoll is an uninhabited
atoll
An atoll () is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon partially or completely. There may be coral islands or cays on the rim. Atolls are located in warm tropical or subtropical oceans and seas where corals can gr ...
in the State 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 Micr ...
in 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 ...
, geographically part of the
Caroline Islands
The Caroline Islands (or the Carolines) are a widely scattered archipelago of tiny islands in the western Pacific Ocean, to the north of New Guinea. Politically, they are divided between the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) in the ce ...
. It is located 71 kilometers northeast of
Lamotrek
Lamotrek is a coral atoll of three islands in the central Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. The atoll is located approximately east of Elato.
The popu ...
, 71 kilometers northwest of
Satawal
Satawal is a solitary coral atoll of one island with about 500 people on just over 1 km2 located in the Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Satawal is th ...
and 945 kilometers southeast of Yap island. This atoll lies at the western end of a chain of submarine mountains that extend westwards of the
Gray Feather Bank
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for about 180 km. The
Condor Reef,
Pikelot and the
Oraitilipu Bank belong to this underwater feature as well. In order to distinguish this atoll from
Fayu (East Fayu) Atoll in
Chuuk State, located about 500 km to the east, this atoll is also known as West Fayu.
The atoll is roughly 7 km long and 3.5 km wide in its widest area. The 5.6 km
2 lagoon has a passage into it located in the southwestern fringe of the reef. Its maximum depth is 38 m.
There is only one island on the reef, West Fayu Island, with a surface of 6 ha. It is located at the NE end of the reef.
Administratively it belongs to
Satawal
Satawal is a solitary coral atoll of one island with about 500 people on just over 1 km2 located in the Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean. It forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Satawal is th ...
municipality, which is also one of the legislative districts of Yap State.
Yap State Code, Title 7, Elections, §111 Election districts
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References
External links
Atolls of the Federated States of Micronesia
Islands of Yap
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