Chuuk Lagoon
Chuuk is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is best know for wreck diving with few other reasons to visit.Photo: NASA, Public domain.
Photo: Pbsouthwood, Public domain.
- Type: Lagoon
- Description: Chuuk Lagoon
- Also known as: “Chuuk”, “Chuuk Islands”, “Truk Islands”, and “Truk Lagoon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chuuk International Airport.
Chuuk International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Matt Kieffer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chuuk International Airport is an airport located on Weno, the main island of the State of Chuuk in the Federated States of Micronesia. Chuuk International Airport is situated 4 km east of Chuuk Lagoon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weno.
Weno
Town
Photo: Lnoboru, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Weno, formerly Moen, is an island municipality of Chuuk State of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is the largest town in the FSM and the capital of Chuuk. It has an estimated area of 20 square kilometers. Weno is situated 6 km east of Chuuk Lagoon.
Chuuk Lagoon
- Categories: archipelago, atoll, and body of water
- Location: Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia, Oceania
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Satellite Map
Discover Chuuk Lagoon from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Chuuk Lagoon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “آتول ترك”
- Arabic: “تشوك لاغون”
- Asturian: “Islles Chuuk”
- Azerbaijani: “Çuuk adaları”
- Belarusian: “Чуўк”
- Burmese: “ချုခ် ပင်လယ်သန္တာအိုင်”
- Catalan: “atol Chuuk”
- Cebuano: “Chuuk Lagoon”
- Chinese: “楚克环礁”
- Chinese: “楚克環礁”
- Chinese: “楚克群島”
- Chinese: “特魯克島”
- Chinese: “特魯克潟湖”
- Danish: “Chuuk”
- Dutch: “Chuukeilanden”
- Estonian: “Chuuki saared”
- Finnish: “Chuuk”
- French: “Iles Truk”
- French: “îles Truk”
- French: “Îles Truk”
- French: “Truk”
- Galician: “Chuuk”
- Georgian: “ჩუუკის კუნძულები”
- German: “Chuuk”
- Hebrew: “לגונת טרוק”
- Italian: “Isole Chuuk”
- Japanese: “チューク島”
- Japanese: “チューク諸島”
- Japanese: “トラック島”
- Japanese: “トラック諸島”
- Korean: “추크 라군”
- Korean: “추크 제도”
- Korean: “추크섬”
- Latvian: “Čūka”
- Lithuanian: “Čiuko lagūna”
- Malagasy: “Chuuk”
- Persian: “تالاب چوک”
- Polish: “Chuuk (atol)”
- Polish: “Chuuk”
- Portuguese: “Chuuk Lagoon”
- Russian: “Трук (острова)”
- Russian: “Трук”
- Slovak: “Čuk lagúna”
- Slovenian: “Chuuk Lagoon”
- Slovenian: “Chuuk”
- Spanish: “Islas Chuuk”
- Swedish: “Chuuk Lagoon (lagun i Mikronesiens federerade stater)”
- Swedish: “Chuuk Lagoon”
- Turkish: “Chuuk Adaları”
- Turkish: “Chuuk Lagoon”
- Ukrainian: “Чуук”
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