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Ngulu Atoll

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of 382 square kilometers (147 sq mi). The eastern portion of the reef is deeply submerged. Its total land area of the nine islets is only 0.4 square kilometers (0.15 sq mi). Nugulu is located approximately 104 kilometers (65 mi) south-southwest of
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and is the westernmost atoll in the Federated States of Micronesia. The population of Ngulu was 26 in 2000.
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First recorded sighting of Ngulu Atoll was by the Spanish navigator
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As with all of the Caroline Islands, sovereignty was sold by
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Pacific atoll in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
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NASA

8°27′N 137°29′E / 8.450°N 137.483°E / 8.450; 137.483
Federated States of Micronesia
Micronesian
coral atoll
Caroline Islands
Pacific Ocean
Yap State
Federated States of Micronesia
lagoon
Yap
Ngulu is located in Pacific Ocean
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Alonso de Arellano
patache
Juan Lafita
Spain
Empire of Germany
Empire of Japan
World War I
South Seas Mandate
World War II
United States of America
Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
2000 census of Yap
Entry at Oceandots.com
Wayback Machine

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