Merir
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Merir, or Melieli, is a small outlying island of the Palau group, in the western Pacific Ocean. The island has an area of Script error: No such module "convert". and is very long and narrow, stretching approximately Script error: No such module "convert". from north to south but only approximately Script error: No such module "convert". at its widest point. It is uninhabited. An abandoned village which previously hosted a radio station lies in the northwest part of the island.
The island itself is covered with trees but it is surrounded by a beach around which is a lagoon. Outside this, the whole is surrounded by a coral reef and the open ocean.
Together with the islands of Sonsorol and Fana, which are Script error: No such module "convert". to the northwest, and the island of Pulo Anna Script error: No such module "convert". away, Merir forms the state of Sonsorol in the Republic of Palau.
The first recorded sighting of Merir by Europeans was by the Spanish missionary expedition commanded by Sargento Mayor Francisco Padilla on board of the patache Santísima Trinidad in November 1710.[1]
Gallery
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Satellite view of the Island of Merir
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Luxuriant vegetation and beach scene in western Merir
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Map including Merir (DMA, 1991)
References
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- ↑ Rienzi, M.L. Historia de la Oceanía, o quinta parte del mundo, Barcelona, 1845-1846, vol.2, p.78
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