Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
The Smithsonian Institution
Publication Year:
1969
Publication Place
Washington DC
Physical Description:
16 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Pacific Region
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34730
Legacy PEIN ID:
74731
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Plants - Caroline Islands
Abstract
Fais (Tromelin) is an elevated coral island, surrounded by interrupted cliffs 15-20 meters high, lying some 140 miles east of Yap Island, at latitude 9'46' N, longitude 140'31' E in the western Caroline Islands. It has an area of 2.8 square km, and has a population of about 300 people, Micronesians, speaking a dialect of the Ulithi-Woleai tongue. As with many such raised coral islands, valuable calcium phosphate deposits occur on Fais, the greater portion of which was removed and exported during the period of Japanese rule (1914-1945).
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
The Smithsonian Institution
Publication Year:
1969
Publication Place
Washington DC
Physical Description:
16 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Pacific Region
Collection
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34730
Legacy PEIN ID:
74731
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 05-Jun-2008
Record Modified: 01-Mar-2021