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

↑ Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010
↑ Oceandots - Lukunor at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
↑ 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 / 5.5024; 153.817

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

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