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Uman Island

Coordinates: 7°18′04″N 151°52′50″E / 7.3011°N 151.8805°E / 7.3011; 151.8805
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Uman Islands with districts

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]

  1. Machon
  2. Punitu
  3. Nukanap
  4. Iluk
  5. Küchu
  6. 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

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  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Uman Island'pacificwrecks.com

7°18′04″N 151°52′50″E / 7.3011°N 151.8805°E / 7.3011; 151.8805