Sapwuahfik

Sapwuahfik
NASA picture of Sapwuahfik Atoll
Sapwuahfik is located in Federated States of Micronesia
Sapwuahfik
Sapwuahfik is located in Pacific Ocean
Sapwuahfik
Geography
LocationPacific Ocean
Coordinates5°47′16″N 157°09′12″E / 5.7878°N 157.1533113°E / 5.7878; 157.1533113
Total islands10
Major islandsNgatik
Length22.5 km (13.98 mi)
Width9.6 km (5.97 mi)
Administration
Federated States of Micronesia
StatePohnpei
Area covered110 km2 (42 sq mi)
Demographics
Population433 (2010)
Languages
Additional information
Time zone

Sapwuahfik, formerly Ngatik,[1] or the Raven Islands[2] is a 110-square-kilometer (42 sq mi) atoll in Pohnpei state of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a village and municipality of roughly 430 people on a land area of 1.5 square kilometers (0.58 sq mi).

  1. ^ Poyer, Lin (1990). "6. Being Sapwuahfik: Cultural and Ethnic Identity in a Micronesian Society". In Jocelyn Linnekin, Lin Poyer (ed.). Cultural Identity and Ethnicity in the Pacific. University of Hawaii Press. p. 127. ISBN 0824818911. Retrieved 2012-12-15.
  2. ^ "F.S.M. Airports & Civil Airfields--Sapwuahfik Civil Airfield"