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Pikelot Island is one of the outer islands of the State of Yap, part of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a low coral islet, with a wet, tropical climate.[1][failed verification] It is uninhabited.[2]

Pikelot
The island as seen from the air in 2020
Pikelot
Location of Pikelot in the Pacific Ocean
Geography
Coordinates8°06′18″N 147°38′47″E
Area0.126 km2 (0.049 sq mi)[citation needed]
Length0.45 km (0.28 mi)[citation needed]
Width0.28 km (0.174 mi)[citation needed]
Highest elevation4 m (13 ft)[citation needed]
Administration
Federated States of Micronesia
StateYap
Demographics
Population0

Flora and fauna


The island is known to have a rich ecosystem, with forest and scrub; and extensive fringing reefs. The islet is also home to a major seabird rookery, turtle nesting area and a few mangroves.[citation needed]


Inhabitants


Pikelot Catholic Chapel
Pikelot Catholic Chapel

The islet has no permanent inhabitants, but because of the beautiful wildlife, there are often temporary visitors from surrounding atolls such as Puluwat and Satawal on turtle hunting expeditions. The trip to Pikelot is still carried out in Micronesian style sailing outrigger canoes.[citation needed]


History


The first recorded European sighting was by Spanish naval officer Juan Antonio de Ibargoitia commanding the vessel Filipino in 1801.[3]

The SOS sign assembled by missing sailors in 2020, seen from the aircraft that found them
The SOS sign assembled by missing sailors in 2020, seen from the aircraft that found them

On 2 August 2020, three missing sailors were found on the island. After being lost for three days, their SOS sign, assembled with palm branches laid out on the beach, was spotted by a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft operated by members of the Hawaii and Pennsylvania Air National Guards, who had departed from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam to search for the missing vessel and its crew. The airmen then radioed their position to an Australian ship in the area. The men were delivered supplies and equipment by an ARH Tiger helicopter from HMAS Canberra as well as a United States Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii and ultimately returned home aboard Micronesian Pacific-class patrol boat FSS Independance.[4][5][6][7]


See also



References


  1. "Pikelot Island". Marine World Database. January 31, 2009. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012.
  2. Richmond, Bruce M.; Reiss, Thomas E. (November 1994). Vulnerability of the natural coastal system to accelerated sea-level rise, Yap islands, Federated States of Micronesia: Case study preliminary reports (PDF) (Report). United States Geological Survey. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 10, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  3. Robson, R.W. The Pacific Islands Handbook New York 1946. p.142
  4. Ebensberger, Richard P. (August 5, 2020). "KC-135 crew finds missing mariners on Pacific island". National Guard. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  5. Defence, Department of (August 3, 2020). "HMAS Canberra assists in search and rescue". defencenews.govcms.gov.au.
  6. Doherty, Ben (August 4, 2020). "Missing sailors stranded on Pacific island saved by giant SOS in the sand". The Guardian. Judith Nelson Institute for Journalism and Ideas. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  7. "Beach SOS saves men stranded on tiny Micronesian island". BBC News. August 4, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2020.



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На других языках

[de] Pikelot

Pikelot (auch La Coquille) ist eine kleine unbewohnte Insel in den Föderierten Staaten von Mikronesien und die östlichste Insel des mikronesischen Bundesstaats Yap.
- [en] Pikelot

[fr] Pikelot

Pikelot (en puluwat, chuuk et satawal Piik) est une petite île inhabitée des îles Carolines, dans le Sud-Ouest de l'océan Pacifique nord, au nord et au nord-est de la Nouvelle-Guinée. Elle est rattachée administrativement à la municipalité de Satawal dans l'État de Yap dans les États fédérés de Micronésie. Cette île est la plus orientale de l'État de Yap. Pikelot, entourée de récifs de coraux, constitue la partie émergée d'un petit mont sous-marin à l'extrémité ouest d'une formation montagneuse sous-marine. Celle-ci est depuis longtemps pour les habitants des îles et atolls voisins un lieu de chasse à la tortue, qui se pratique en avril et mai. Pikelot est également un point de repère en mer pour les Micronésiens effectuant de longs trajets entre les îles. L'Américain Samuel Bolle est le premier Occidental à observer l'île en 1804.

[ru] Пикелот

Пикелот (англ. Pikelot) — один из внешних островов штата Яп, входящего в состав Федеративных Штатов Микронезии. Это низкий коралловый островок с влажным тропическим климатом[1]. На данный момент остров не заселен.


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