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Fana Island, or Fanna Island, is a 40 ha, uplifted reef island in the state of Sonsorol in the Southwest Islands of Palau in Micronesia in the south-west Pacific Ocean. It is flat, low-lying and susceptible to storms. Although uninhabited, it is occasionally visited by people from nearby Sonsorol Island.[1]

Environment

Fana is densely vegetated with Pisonia forest. It is home to large numbers of seabirds and coconut crabs, and its beaches are used for nesting by green sea turtles.[1]

Important Bird Area

The island has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports breeding colonies of red-footed boobies, black noddies and common white terns. Brown noddies, greater frigatebirds and brown boobies also nest on the island.[1]

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[de] Fanna (Insel)

Fanna, auch Fana genannt, ist eine kleine Insel im Westpazifik. Sie liegt 1,7 km nördlich ihrer Schwesterinsel Dongosaro, mit welcher sie die Gruppe der Sonsorol-Inseln bildet.

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- [en] Fana Island

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[fr] Fanna (île)

Fanna est une petite île des Palaos, en mer des Philippines. Bien qu'inhabitée, elle constitue une commune de l'État de Sonsorol dont l'île principale, Dongosaro, est distante d'un peu moins de deux kilomètres vers le sud.

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[it] Fanna (Palau)

Fanna (o Fana) è un'isola delle Palau, nell'Oceano Pacifico, nello Stato di Sonsorol. L'isola, che costituisce amministrativamente una municipalità (con a capo Mariano Carlos) pur non avendo una popolazione stabile né edifici, costituisce, insieme all'isola di Sonsorol le Sonsorol Islands.

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