Pulusuk
Pulusuk
Location of Pulusuk in the Pacific Ocean
Pulusuk or Houk Island is a village and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.[1]
It is a small island that lies at the end of a 55 km (34 mi) long submerged atoll. Pulusuk is part of the Pattiw group, located 244 km (152 mi) to the west of Chuuk.[2]
The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by Spanish naval officer Juan Antonio de Ibargoitia commanding the vessel Filipino in 1799. He charted it as Bartolomé.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010
- ^ Oceandots - Houk at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
- ^ Robson, R.W. The Pacific Islands Handbook New York 1946. p.142
- ^ Sharp, Andrew The discovery of the Pacific Islands Oxford, 1960, p.183.
- ^ Brand, Donald D. The Pacific Basin: A History of its Geographical Explorations The American Geographical Society, New York, 1967, p.141.
6°41′23″N 149°18′08″E / 6.6898°N 149.3021°E
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