The island is a double atoll with a total length of 14 kilometers (8.7 mi), and up to 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) wide. The northern component, called Elato, contains two lagoons and three islets. It is connected to the southern component, called Lamolior, by a narrow submarine ridge. Lamolior has two islets. Both components are part of the same seamount. The total land area for both components combined is only 0.526 square kilometers (0.203 sq mi).[2] Nearby Olimarao Atoll belongs administratively to Elato.
elato, coral, atoll, three, islands, central, caroline, islands, pacific, ocean, forms, legislative, district, state, federated, states, micronesia, located, approximately, kilometers, west, lamotrek, population, 2000, living, nasa, picture, atollgeographyloca. Elato is a coral atoll of three islands in the central Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean and forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia It is located approximately 10 kilometers 6 2 mi west of Lamotrek Its population was 96 in 2000 1 living on 0 5 km2 0 19 sq mi ElatoNASA picture of Elato AtollGeographyLocationNorth PacificCoordinates7 29 N 146 09 E 7 483 N 146 150 E 7 483 146 150ArchipelagoCarolineTotal islands3Area0 526 km2 0 203 sq mi Highest elevation2 m 7 ft AdministrationFederated States of MicronesiaDemographicsPopulation96 2000 Ethnic groupsMicronesian Elatoclass notpageimage Location of Elato in the Pacific Ocean Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 References 4 External linksGeography editThe island is a double atoll with a total length of 14 kilometers 8 7 mi and up to 2 kilometers 1 2 mi wide The northern component called Elato contains two lagoons and three islets It is connected to the southern component called Lamolior by a narrow submarine ridge Lamolior has two islets Both components are part of the same seamount The total land area for both components combined is only 0 526 square kilometers 0 203 sq mi 2 Nearby Olimarao Atoll belongs administratively to Elato History editAs with all of the Caroline Islands sovereignty passed to the Empire of Germany in 1899 The island came under the control of the Empire of Japan after World War I and was subsequently administered under the South Seas Mandate Following World War II the island came under the control of the United States of America and was administered as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947 and became part of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1979 References editColumbia Gazetteer of the World Vol 1 p 900 Yap State Census Report 2000 PDF Oceandots Archived from the original on December 23 2010 Retrieved 2012 01 31 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint bot original URL status unknown link External links editEntry at Oceandots com at the Wayback Machine archived December 23 2010 Report of the German South Pacific Expedition 1908 1910 nbsp This Federated States of Micronesia location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elato amp oldid 1109103980, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
