Uman Island is an island of Uman municipality in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, with an area of 4.70 km². Highest elevation is Mt. Uroras with 273 meters.
Traditionally and before European contact, Uman had been subdivided into six districts. These are listed clockwise, starting in the North:[1]
- Machon
- Punitu
- Nukanap
- Iluk
- Küchu
- Peken
During World War II the United States Navy built Naval Base at Uman Island, Truk Lagoon, Fleet Post Office #3048. The United States Fourth Fleet used Uman Island for anchorage, a PT Boat Base.[2]
References
edit- ^ Edwin Horace Bryan: Guide to place names in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: (the Marshall, Caroline and Mariana Islands) (Paperback). Honolulu: Pacific Scientific Information Center, 1971: Car.16, p. 169
- ^ Uman Island'pacificwrecks.com
- Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010
7°18′04″N 151°52′50″E / 7.3011°N 151.8805°E
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