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    Pacific OceanMicronesia

    8°42′N 152°21′E

    Murilo

    Murilo is a village, atoll, and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.

    Landsat 7 image of Murilo Atoll, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia
    Landsat 7 image of Murilo Atoll, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia

    NASA millenium coral reefs landsat archive / Public domain

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    2 landforms

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    Murilo is a village, atoll, and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. It is located 9 km to the NE of Nomwin Atoll and 101 km to the NNE of Chuuk Lagoon. Its population is over 1,000 people. Together with Nomwin, Ruo, and Fananu they form the Hall Islands. In 2010, the people of this small atoll ate at a "feast" of poisonous, critically endangered hawksbill turtles - 96 got seriously ill, 6 died, 4 of them children.

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands2
    • Minor islands0
    • Islets0
    • Rocks & skerries0

    Major islands

    2

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    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs

    • Murilo Landsat. NASA millenium coral reefs landsat archive / Public domain