Lukunor

Lukunor

Location of Lukunor Atoll in the Pacific Ocean

NASA picture of Lukunor Atoll

Lukunor population capturing large schools of a migratory fish, tiil, in 1947.

Lukunor is an Island and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.^[1]

It is a small atoll part of the Nomoi Islands group, located about 264 km to the southeast of Chuuk.^[2]

History

Lukunor was first sighted by Europeans by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Saavedra shortly after August 1528 in its first attempt to return to New Spain.^[3]

Climate

Lukunoch, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     9.2     88 75     9.8     88 75     11     89 75     12     89 75     13     89 75     12     89 75     16     89 75     14     89 75     10     89 75     11     89 75     10     89 75     11     89 75 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches Source: 1981-2010 provisional normals
Metric conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     234     31 24     249     31 24     271     31 24     301     31 24     325     31 24     304     32 24     418     32 24     360     31 24     264     32 24     286     32 24     260     32 24     285     31 24 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm

References

1. Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010
2. Oceandots - Lukunor at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
3. Riesenberg, Saul (October 1974). "Six Pacific Islands Discoveries". The American Neptune: 249.

Coordinates: 5°30′09″N 153°49′01″E / 5.5024°N 153.817°E

Borthwick, Ernest Mark. Aging and Social Change on Lukunor Atoll, Micronesia. PhD dissertation, University of Iowa, 1977.