Kapingamarangi Atoll
Kapingamarangi is an atoll and a municipality in the state of Pohnpei of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is by far the most southerly atoll or island of the country and the Caroline Islands, 300 km south of the next southerly atoll, Nukuoro, and 740 km southwest of the main island of Pohnpei state; it forms a Polynesian outlier.Kapingamarangi Atoll
- Type: Atoll
- Also known as: “Constantine Island”, “DISTINCTIVE WW2”, “Greenwich”, “Greenwich Islands”, “Gurinitti Tō”, “Gurriinitchi-tō”, “Inselngruppe Kapinga Marangi”, “Kabeneylon”, “Kap-in-Mailang”, “Kapen-Mailang”, “Kapinga”, “Kapingamarangi Islands”, “Makarama”, “Pescadores”, and “Pikiram”
- Category: landform
- Location: Kapingamarangi Municipality, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia, Oceania
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Latitude
1.067° or 1° 4′ 1″ northLongitude
154.761° or 154° 45′ 40″ eastPopulation
474Open location code
6RHP3Q86+Q9GeoNames ID
2082057
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