Pingelap
Pingelap is an atoll in the Pacific Ocean, part of Pohnpei State of the Federated States of Micronesia, consisting of three islands: Pingelap Island, Sukoru and Daekae, linked by a reef system and surrounding a central lagoon, although only Pingelap Island is inhabited.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Atoll
- Description: island group
- Also known as: “Island of the Color-blind”, “MacAskill”, “MALLEABLE WW2”, “McAskill”, “Musgrave”, “Pelelap”, “Pelelep”, “Piagelap”, “Pigerappu”, “Pingarappu To”, “Pingelap Islands”, and “Pingoulap”
Pingelap
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Urdu—“Pingelap” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pingelap Atoll”
- Chinese: “平格拉普環礁”
- Czech: “Pingelap”
- Danish: “Pingelap”
- Dutch: “Pingelap”
- Finnish: “Pingelap”
- French: “Pingelap”
- German: “Pingelap”
- Indonesian: “Pingelap”
- Italian: “Pingelap”
- Japanese: “ピンゲラップ島”
- Japanese: “ピンゲラップ環礁”
- Korean: “핀지랩”
- Latvian: “Pinelapa”
- Lithuanian: “Pingelapas”
- Macedonian: “Пингелап”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Pingelap”
- Norwegian: “Pingelap”
- Persian: “پینگلاپ”
- Portuguese: “Pingelap”
- Russian: “Пингелап”
- Serbian: “Острво Пингелап”
- Serbian: “Пингелап”
- Spanish: “Pingelap”
- Swedish: “Pingelap Atoll”
- Urdu: “پینگلاپ”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pingelap Village and Pingelap Inhabitants Refuge WW2.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pingelap Main Lagoon and Pingelap Civil Airfield.
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