Woleai
Woleai, also known as Oleai, is a coral atoll of 22 islands in the western Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, forming a legislative district in the Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia, and located approximately 57 kilometers west-northwest of Ifalik and 108 kilometers northeast of Eauripik.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: atoll and municipality of the Federated States of Micronesia
- Also known as: “Anangai”, “DOWNPOUR WW2”, “Faelalap”, “Furarappu”, “Insel Flalap”, “Insel Oleai”, “Mereyon”, “Oleai”, “Ouleai”, “Wol’barach”, and “Wolea”
Woleai
- Categories: atoll, municipality of the Federated States of Micronesia, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Woleai Municipality, Yap, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia, Oceania
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Latitude
7.37318° or 7° 22′ 23″ northLongitude
143.90566° or 143° 54′ 20″ eastElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
6RV59WF4+77OpenStreetMap ID
way 23702990OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2081187Wikidata ID
Q567984
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Satellite Map
Discover Woleai from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Yue Chinese—“Woleai” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Voleai adası”
- Cebuano: “Woleai”
- Chinese: “沃萊艾環礁”
- Chinese: “禾萊艾環礁”
- Dutch: “Woleai”
- Finnish: “Woleai”
- French: “Woleai”
- German: “Woleai”
- Greek: “Βολεάι”
- Hebrew: “ווליאי”
- Italian: “Woleai”
- Japanese: “ウォレアイ環礁”
- Korean: “월레아이 환초”
- Latvian: “Volēi”
- Lithuanian: “Voleai”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Woleai”
- Persian: “ولئای”
- Polish: “Woleai”
- Portuguese: “Woleai”
- Russian: “Волеаи”
- Silesian: “Woleai”
- Spanish: “Woleai”
- Swedish: “Woleai”
- Turkish: “Woleai”
- Vietnamese: “Woleai”
- Wu Chinese: “沃萊艾環礁”
- Yue Chinese: “禾萊艾環礁”
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