Yap

Yap traditionally refers to an island group located in the of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of . The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to within the , inclusive of the Yap Main Islands and its various outer islands, the Yap Neighboring Islands.
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  • Island
  • …has 7,390 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 173 metres (568 feet)
  • Description: island group in the Federated States of Micronesia
  • Also known as
    “Arricifes Carolina”
    “BEQUEST WW2”
    “Eap”
    “Guap”
    “Island of Stone Money”
    “VOCALIST WW2”
    “Waqab”
    “Yap Atoll”
    “Yap Group”
    “Yap Islands”
    “Yapa”
    “Yappu-tō”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yap Living History Museum.
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is a museum in Colonia, Yap, in the . is situated 3½ km southeast of Yap.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colonia.
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is an urban area between the municipalities… is situated 3½ km southeast of Yap.

Yap

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Latitude
9.538° or 9° 32′ 17″ north
Longitude
138.098° or 138° 5′ 53″ east
Open location code
6QXWG3QX+56
Geo­Names ID
1558582
Wiki­data ID
Q209638

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yap” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ياب”
  • Asturian: “Islles Yap”
  • Asturian: “Wa’ab”
  • Asturian: “Waqab”
  • Asturian: “Yap”
  • Basque: “Yap”
  • Belarusian: “Астравы Яп”
  • Belarusian: “Яп”
  • Bengali: “ইয়াপ”
  • Bulgarian: “Яп”
  • Catalan: “Yap”
  • Cebuano: “Yap Islands”
  • Chinese: “雅浦”
  • Chinese: “雅浦岛”
  • Chinese: “雅浦島”
  • Chinese: “雅蒲”
  • Chinese: “雅蒲岛”
  • Chinese: “雅蒲島”
  • Czech: “Yap”
  • Danish: “Yap”
  • Dutch: “Yap”
  • Esperanto: “Yap”
  • Estonian: “Yap”
  • Estonian: “Yapi saar”
  • Finnish: “Yap”
  • French: “Îles Yap”
  • French: “Yap”
  • Galician: “Yap”
  • Georgian: “იაპის კუნძულები”
  • German: “Yap Proper”
  • German: “Yap-Inseln”
  • German: “Yap”
  • German: “Jap-Inseln” (historical)
  • Greek: “Γιαπ”
  • Greek: “Γουακάμπ”
  • Gujarati: “યૅપ”
  • Hebrew: “יאפ”
  • Hindi: “याप द्वीप”
  • Hindi: “याप”
  • Hungarian: “Yap”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Yap”
  • Italian: “Yap”
  • Japanese: “ヤップ島”
  • Kabardian: “Яп”
  • Kannada: “ಯಾಪ್”
  • Korean: “야프 제도”
  • Korean: “야프섬”
  • Korean: “야프제도”
  • Latvian: “Japa”
  • Lithuanian: “Japas”
  • Lithuanian: “Japo sala”
  • Macedonian: “Јап”
  • Malay: “Kepulauan Yap”
  • Malay: “Yap”
  • Marathi: “यॅप”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yap”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yapøyene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Yap”
  • Norwegian: “Yap”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Iap”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Yap”
  • Persian: “یاپ”
  • Polish: “Jap”
  • Polish: “Yap”
  • Portuguese: “Yap”
  • Romanian: “Yap”
  • Russian: “Яп”
  • Serbian: “Јап”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jap”
  • Sinhala: “යප්”
  • Slovenian: “Yap”
  • Spanish: “Wa’ab”
  • Spanish: “Yap”
  • Swedish: “Yap”
  • Swedish: “Yapöarna”
  • Tamil: “யாப்”
  • Telugu: “యాప్”
  • Thai: “แยป”
  • Turkish: “Waqab”
  • Turkish: “Yap Adası”
  • Turkish: “Yap, Mikronezya”
  • Turkish: “Yap”
  • Ukrainian: “Яп”
  • Urdu: “یاپ”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Yap”
  • Vietnamese: “Yap”
  • Yue Chinese: “雅蒲島”

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