Deke Sokehs
Deke Sokehs, or Sokehs Peninsula, is a mountainous peninsula on the north coast of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. It was formerly an island, known as Sokehs Island, but it is now connected to the main island by causeway and a field of mangroves.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: peninsula in Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia
- Also known as: “Dschokadsch”, “Jekoils”, “Jekoits”, “Jokaj”, “Jokaj Island”, “Jokaji to”, “Lohson”, “Loson”, “Sokehs Island”, “Sokehs Peninsula”, “Tokaji To”, and “Tsokes”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pohnpei International Airport and Catholic Belltower.
Pohnpei International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Mike LaMonaca, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pohnpei International Airport is an airport serving Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. It is located on Deketik, an islet connected to Pohnpei Island by a causeway.
Catholic Belltower
The Catholic Belltower is a historic tower at the Catholic Mission in Kolonia, on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. The belltower and adjoining masonry apse are all that remain of a church built in 1909 by German and Spanish Capuchin missionaries, when Ponape and the other Caroline Islands were administered as part of German New Guinea.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kolonia and Palikir.
Kolonia
Photo: Gargoylepni, Public domain.
Kolonia is a city on the island of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. The municipality of Kolonia has a population of around 6,500 people, but it is the center of an urban area of approximately 13,000 people, including the nearby suburbs of Sokehs Island, Nett and Porakied village.
Palikir
Town
Palikir is the capital city of the Federated States of Micronesia located in the western Pacific Ocean. A town of slightly under 5,000 residents, it is part of the larger Sokehs municipality, which had a population of 6,964 as of 2024, out of the nation's total population of 106,487.
Deke Sokehs
- Categories: peninsula, former island, locality, and landform
- Location: Sokehs, Pohnpei State, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia, Oceania
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Latitude
6.97215° or 6° 58′ 20″ northLongitude
158.18479° or 158° 11′ 5″ eastElevation
275 metres (902 feet)Open location code
6RRWX5CM+VWOpenStreetMap ID
node 3230314813OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Deke Sokehs” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sokehs Island”
- Dutch: “Sokehs”
- German: “Deke Sokehs”
- Lithuanian: “Sokė”
- Lithuanian: “Sokesas”
- Macedonian: “Сокехс”
- Persian: “شبهجزیره سوکس”
- Spanish: “Isla Sokehs”
- Swedish: “Sokehs Island”
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