Photos of Outer Islands of Yap State, Micronesia

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Yap State Outer Islands: Fais, Sorol, Eauripik and Faraulep

The Outer Islands of Yap state are serviced by a regular ship, bringing supplies and collecting copra, produced by the islanders from the many coconuts growing on it. The islands are still very traditional, and permission to visit had to be obtained. The population on all these outer islands varies, depending on people leaving for work or returning for celebrations.

Canoe houses, Fais
 
Taro patch, Fais
 
Traditional houses and a grave
 
Transporting tractor from Microspirit
 
Bringing tractor ashore
 
Driving tractor onto the beach
 
Canoe house, Fais island
 
Group of boys
 
Putting cargo onto truck
 
Canoe house, Fais island
 
Men and boys at canoe house
 
Transporting trailer from Microspirit
 
Transporting trailer from Microspirit
 
Demonstrating shovelling sand
 
Sitting on Fais island beach
 
Loading cargo from the ship
 
Under the palms, Sorol
 
Village view, Sorol
 
Boys carrying luggage
 
Putting copra in bags
 
Men carrying copra
 
Men on a canoe
 
Under the palms, Sorol
 
Children playing, Sorol
 
On the ship “Micro Spirit”
 
Lagoon, Eauripik Atoll
 
Wading ashore, Eauripik Atoll
 
Canoes in boat house, Eauripik
 
Traditional houses, Eauripik
 
Traditional houses, Eauripik
 
Traditional house, Eauripik
 
Family, Eauripik
 
Canoe house, Eauripik
 
Traditional houses, Eauripik
 
Canoes in boat house, Eauripik
 
View to the “Micro Spirit, Eauripik
 
Mother and her son, Eauripik
 
Traditional houses, Faraulep
 
St. Joseph's church, Faraulep
 
Canoe house, copra bags, Faraulep
 
St. Joseph's church façade, Faraulep
 
Canoe house, Faraulep
 
Lagoon of Faraulep atoll
 
Piig island, Faraulep atoll
 
Man drinking “faluba“
 
Traditional houses, Piig
 
Women, Piig
 
Women on the shore, Piig
 

Fais is a raised coral island, around 87 kilometres east of Ulithi and 260 kilometres northeast of Yap. It is about 2.5 kilometres long and 1 kilometre wide and now has an airstrip.

Sorol is a coral atoll of nine islands, approximately 220 kilometres south of Ulithi and 295 kilometres southeast of Yap. The largest of these islands, Sorol, in the eastern side of the atoll, is inhabited.

Eauripik is a coral atoll of three islands, around 630 kilometres southeast of Yap. Eauripik island, the largest (500 metres long) on the eastern side of the atoll, has very traditional homes; It has a population of around 100. The language spoken here is the same as that spoken on Woleai, 115 kilometres to the northeast.

Faraulep Atoll has three islands around a deep lagoon, about 700 kilometres east of Yap. The easternmost island, Faraulep (Fachailep) is the largest (about 700 by 300 metres) with the main village. The island on the north side of the atoll, Piig, is also inhabited. The total population of the atoll would be around 200. The language spoken here is also Woleaian.