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05 June 2008 | dataset

Plants of Satawal Island, Caroline Islands

Satawal is a small flat coral island in the west central Caroline Islands about 1050 km east-south-east of Yap Island, at latitude 7'21' N, longitude 147'02' E. Although its surface is locally somewhat irregular, its greatest height is not more than about 4 meters above mean low water. Its long axis is about east-west and its area is 1.3 square km. It is surrounded by a fringing reef upward of 100 meters wide. It has no lagoon, so would be classified according to Tayama's scheme as a table reef. From the viewpoint of land ecology it is an atoll. The substratum varies from sandy to boulders, with some peat very locally. The beaches are sandy around the western half, of pebbles and cobbles around the eastern half.

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Call Number: [EL]

Physical Description: 14 p.

Data and Resource

https://pacific-data.sprep.org/system/files/47_5.pdf

Satawal is a small flat coral island in the…

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/ARB/128-135/132.pdf

Satawal is a small flat coral island in the…

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Publisher The Smithsonian Institution
Modified 15 February 2022
Release Date 05 June 2008
Source URL https://library.sprep.org/content/plants-satawal-island-caroline-islands
Identifier VL-34729
Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location Pacific Region
Relevant Countries Pacific Region
License Public
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Contact Name SPREP Records and Archives Officer
Contact Email [email protected]