
Merir
Sign in to savethumb|right|350px|Merir's geographical position in the island Republic of Palau. Merir, or Melieli, is a small outlying island of the Palau group, in the western Pacific Ocean. The island has an area of and is very long and narrow, stretching approximately from north to south but only approximately at its widest point. It is uninhabited. An abandoned village which previously hosted a radio station lies in the northwest part of the island.
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- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Palau
- Located in
- Sonsorol
- Population
- 5
- Area
- 0.9
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Body of water
- Philippine Sea
- Image
- Merir AKK West Coast Beach.jpg
- Width
- 0.4
- Length
- 2.6
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- Merir
- located in/on physical feature
- Caroline Islands
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thumb|right|350px|Merir's geographical position in the island Republic of Palau. Merir, or Melieli, is a small outlying island of the Palau group, in the western Pacific Ocean. The island has an area of and is very long and narrow, stretching approximately from north to south but only approximately at its widest point. It is uninhabited. An abandoned village which previously hosted a radio station lies in the northwest part of the island.
The island itself is covered with trees but it is surrounded by a beach around which is a lagoon. Outside this, the whole is surrounded by a coral reef and the open ocean.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Merir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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