Rock Islands

The Rock Islands of , also called Chelbacheb, are a collection of several hundred small limestone or coral uprises in the Southern Lagoon of Palau between and , now an incorporated part of Koror State.
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of around 40 metres (140 feet)
  • Description: archipelago in Koror State, Palau
  • Also known as
    “Chelbacheb”
    “Gaiangas Island”
    “Gaianges”
    “Gaiangsu”
    “Ngaiabes”
    “Ngeanges”
    “Rock Islands Southern Lagoon”
    “Yar”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Chomedokl and Ongael.
is an island of .
Island is an island in Koror State, .

Rock Islands

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Latitude
7.2495° or 7° 14′ 58″ north
Longitude
134.4081° or 134° 24′ 29″ east
Open location code
6QVP6CX5+R7
Open­Street­Map ID
node 357255674
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1559767
Wiki­data ID
Q1068224

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Rock Islands” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Islles Chelbacheb”
  • Belarusian: “Астравы Чэлбачэб”
  • Belarusian: “Чэлбачэб”
  • Catalan: “Chelbacheb”
  • Catalan: “Illes Rock”
  • Cebuano: “Chelbacheb Islands”
  • Chinese: “罗克群岛”
  • Chinese: “羅克群島”
  • Croatian: “Otočje Chelbacheb”
  • Czech: “Rock Islands”
  • Dutch: “Chelbachebeilanden”
  • Dutch: “Zuidelijke lagune van de Rock Islands”
  • Esperanto: “Rokinsularo”
  • French: “Îles Chelbacheb”
  • French: “Rock Islands”
  • Galician: “Chelbacheb”
  • Georgian: “კლდოვანი კუნძულები”
  • Georgian: “პალაუს კლდოვანი კუნძულების ლაგუნები”
  • Georgian: “ჩელბაჩები”
  • German: “Chelbacheb-Inseln”
  • German: “Rock Islands von Palau”
  • German: “Rock Islands”
  • Hebrew: “הלגונה הדרומית באיי רוק”
  • Italian: “Rock Islands”
  • Japanese: “ロックアイランド”
  • Korean: “첼바체브 제도”
  • Latvian: “Klinšu salas”
  • Lithuanian: “Čelbačebas”
  • Lithuanian: “Čelbačebo salos”
  • Lithuanian: “Uolų salos”
  • Maltese: “Chelbacheb”
  • Maltese: “Gżejjer tal-Blat”
  • Persian: “جزایر راک”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas Chelbacheb”
  • Russian: “Острова Челбахеб”
  • Russian: “Челбахеб”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Chelbacheb”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Otočje Chelbacheb”
  • Slovak: “Rock Islands”
  • Spanish: “Islas Chelbacheb”
  • Spanish: “Islas Roca”
  • Swedish: “Rock Islands”
  • Swedish: “Rocköarna”
  • Turkish: “Rock Adaları”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo nam Palau”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Rock”

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