Lukunor

Lukunor
Location of Lukunor Atoll in the Pacific Ocean
NASA picture of Lukunor Atoll

Lukunor is an Island and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.[1]

It is a small atoll part of the Nomoi Islands group, located about 264 km to the southeast of Chuuk.[2]

History

Lukunor was first sighted by Europeans by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Saavedra shortly after August 1528 in its first attempt to return to New Spain. [3]

Climate

Lukunoch, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia
Climate chart (explanation)
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
Precipitation totals in inches
Source: 1981-2010 provisional normals

References

  1. ↑ Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010
  2. ↑ Oceandots - Lukunor at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
  3. ↑ Riesenberg, Saul (October 1974). "Six Pacific Islands Discoveries". The American Neptune: 249.

Coordinates: 5°30′09″N 153°49′01″E / 5.5024°N 153.817°E

Borthwick, Ernest Mark. Aging and Social Change on Lukunor Atoll, Micronesia. PhD dissertation, University of Iowa, 1977.