Photos of Ulithi Atoll, Yap State, Micronesia

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Ulithi Atoll

Ulithi Atoll is about 180 kilometres east of Yap and the highest-ranking of the outer islands in the complex Yapese caste system. The northernmost island, Mogmog (Mwagmwog in the Ulithian language) is the seat of the High Chief of the atoll. The other inhabited islands of the atoll, with their own chiefs, are Asor (Yasor), Falalop (Fl’ aalop) and Fassarai (Fedraey). Falalop, meaning “big island”, at the northeastern edge of Ulithi Atoll, has the main settlement, with an airport (originally built during the Second World War by the Japanese), store, a high school and a resort hotel, offering good diving on the coral reefs.

View of Ulithi atoll
 
View of Song island, Ulithi
 
View of Asor island, Ulithi
 
View of Falalop island, Ulithi
 
Falalop island airport, Ulithi
 
Falalop village, Ulithi
 
Boys of Falalop, Ulithi
 
Primary School veranda
 
Village road, Falalop, Ulithi
 
Village houses
 
Falalop beach
 
Repairing outrigger canoe
 
High School campus
 
High School campus
 
High School classroom
 
High School students
 
Teaching in Falalop, Ulithi
 
Students in Falalop, Ulithi
 
Teaching in Falalop, Ulithi
 
High School with students
 
View to  Asor from Falalop
 
Street, Falalop, Ulithi
 
Playing a keyboard
 
Village of Falalop
 
High School campus
 
Women with flower decorations
 
Father and son, Ulithi
 
Boat out of the water
 
Sunset across the lagoon
 
Man with young boys
 
Truck at the school
 
Climbing a coconut palm
 
Micro Spirit in the lagoon
 
View to Falalop, Ulithi
 
View to Falalop, Ulithi
 
Sunset over Ulithi atoll