Nomoi Islands

The Nomoi Islands, also known as the Mortlock Islands, are a group of three atolls in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. They are located approximately 250 kilometers (160 miles) southeast of Chuuk Lagoon.[1]

Nomoi Islands is located in Pacific Ocean
Nomoi Islands
Nomoi Islands
Location of the Nomoi Islands in the Pacific Ocean
NASA picture of the Nomoi Islands with larger Satawan Atoll and Lukunor fully displayed; Etal Atoll is only partly seen

Islands

The Mortlock Islands are made up of the islands Ettal, Namoluk, Ta, Nama, Oneop, Losap, Moch, Picemwar, Satowan, Lukunor (Likinioch), and Kuttu (KuKuttu). Losap, Nama, and Namoluk are clustered to the northwest of the other islands, and are also called the Upper Mortlock Islands or Eastern Islands.

Satawan, the southern atoll, is the largest. Both Etal,[2] to the north, and Lukunor[3] to the northeast are significantly smaller. They are located between 6 and 9 kilometers (3.7 and 5.6 miles) of each other.

History

They were sighted by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Saavedra in 1528.[4]

Captain James Mortlock was sailing from Port Jackson to Whampoa in Young William when he rediscovered two sets of islands on 19 and 27 November 1795. Confusingly, both were later called Mortlock Islands.[5]

Ethnography

The Mortlock Islands remain more traditional than the inner lagoon islands. The Mortlockese language is similar to the normal Lagoon language but spoken and pronounced differently.

See also

References
  1. "Oceandots – Satawan". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2015-12-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. "Oceandots – Etal". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2011-12-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. "Oceandots – Lukunor". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2011-12-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. Riesenberg, Saul H., "Six Pacific Islands Discoveries", The American Neptune, Oct. 1974, p.249
  5. The tale of the discovery of the two sets of “Mortlock Islands” Mariner’s Mirror, Journal of the Society for Nautical Research, May 2002.



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