Pikelot
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Pikelot Island is one of the outer islands of the State of Yap, part of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a low coral islet, with a wet, tropical climate. It is uninhabited. Since the 1970s, sailors have stranded on the island on several occasions.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Pikelot is referenced by 7 other articles, and connects out to Federated States of Micronesia, HC-130 Hercules and Australia.
The entry is geolocated on the map in isle, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Islands of Yap and Uninhabited islands of the Federated States of Micronesia.
Its subject is documented across 12 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Pikelot
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- Islands.image_name
- Andersen KC-135 crew locates missing mariners on lone island in the Pacific (cropped).jpg
- Islands.image_size
- frameless
- Islands.image_caption
- The island as seen from the air in 2020
- Islands.map
- Federated States of Micronesia
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- Cercle rouge 100%.svg
- Islands.map_mark_width
- 20
- Islands.map_width
- 300
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- Location of Pikelot in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia
- Islands.label
- Pikelot
- Islands.label_position
- right
- Islands.area_km2
- 0.126
- Islands.length_km
- 0.45
- Islands.width_km
- 0.28
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Caroline Islands
- Located in
- Yap State
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 0.13
- Time zone
- UTC+10:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- Andersen KC-135 crew locates missing mariners on lone island in the Pacific (cropped).jpg
- Width
- 0.28
- Length
- 0.45
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- Commons category
- Pikelot
- located in/on physical feature
- Caroline Islands
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Flora and fauna
- Inhabitants
- History
- Strandings
- See also
- References
- External links
Pikelot Island is one of the outer islands of the State of Yap, part of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a low coral islet, with a wet, tropical climate. It is uninhabited. Since the 1970s, sailors have stranded on the island on several occasions.
==Flora and fauna== The island is known to have a rich ecosystem, with forest and scrub; and extensive fringing reefs. The islet is also home to a major seabird rookery, turtle nesting area and a few mangroves.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Pikelot” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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On the map
2 mapped locations