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chuuk outer islands Maps: culture

Colonial period

Spanish, German, Japanese, and WW2 sites

Lighthouses

This map shows the locations of lighthouses in Chuuk State. It includes two locations in Chuuk Lagoon and one in Puluwat Atoll. The dataset was created by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2023) by manually digitizing 2013-14 WorldView-2 satellite imagery from MAXAR, formerly Digital Globe, provided by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

Wrecked and abandoned vessels [post World War II]

This map shows the locations of wrecked and abandoned vessels in Yap State, including ships that ran aground on the fringing reef of Yap Proper and the reefs of atolls in the Neighboring Islands. The dataset was created by Island Research & Education Initiative (iREi) (2023) using a combination of field-collected information and observations using Google Maps and other imagery. It should be noted that this layer is not comprehensive and more data points will be included as information becomes available.