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Sapwuahfik, formerly Ngatik,[1] or the Raven Islands[2] is a 110-square-kilometer (42 sq mi) atoll of the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a village and municipality of roughly 430 people on a land area of 1.5 square kilometers (0.58 sq mi) in the state of Pohnpei.

Sapwuahfik

NASA picture of Sapwuahfik Atoll
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Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	5.7878°N 157.1533113°E / 5.7878; 157.1533113
Total islands	10
Major islands	Ngatik
Length	22.5 km (13.98 mi)
Width	9.6 km (5.97 mi)
Administration
Federated States of Micronesia
State	Pohnpei
Area covered	110 km2 (42 sq mi)
Demographics
Population	433 (2010)
Languages	Ngatikese Ngatik Men's Creole
Additional information
Time zone	Pohnpei Standard Time (UTC+11:00)

Geography

It is located 150 km (93 mi) southwest of the main island of Pohnpei in the Eastern Caroline Islands and consists of 10 individual islands on the reef. The largest and only inhabited island is Ngatik, at the western end.

The atoll is 22.5 km (14.0 mi) long and up to 9.6 km (6.0 mi) wide. The lagoon measures 78.56 km² (30.33 sq mi) in area, and the total area is 114 km² (44 sq mi). The aggregate land area of the 10 islands is 1.75 km² (0.68 sq mi), of which the main island Ngatik is 0.91 km² (0.35 sq mi), or more than half. While Ngatik is the only inhabited island, the six larger of the remaining islands are used by the population for harvesting coconuts and growing taro, and animal husbandry (pigs and chickens). There are 12 buildings for temporary shelter on those islands.[3]

The islands, clockwise, starting at Ngatik in the west:

Island	Area km²[3]	Location
Ngatik	0.906	western end
Peina	0.206	north
Bigen Karakar	0.025	northeast
Jirup	0.023	east
Bigen Kelang	0.047	east
Pikepe (Piken Mategan)	0.009	east
Dekehnman	0.009	eastern end
Wat	0.281	eastern end
Pikenmetkow	0.006	southeast
Uataluk (Wateiluk)	0.039	south
Sapwuahfik (Atoll)	1.551	fringing reef

Airfield

Sapwuahfik has an airstrip that lies just off the island of Ngatik, the Sapwuahfik Civil Airfield (5.783711°N 157.167276°E / 5.783711; 157.167276). Coastal erosion has cut the airstrip off from the island by about 20 meters, making it necessary to ferry arriving and departing passengers between it and Ngatik by boat. There are on-call personnel who go to the airfield whenever a flight is expected.[2]

Population

The population of Sapwuahfik is approximately 433 (2010). The culture is closely related to that of Pohnpei, its closest neighbor; however it retains its own distinctive character.[4]

The local creole, Ngatik Men's Creole, developed as a result of the 1837 Ngatik massacre, during which the island's male population was wiped out by the crew of Australian captain C.H. Hart and Pohnpeian warriors. Some of the Europeans and Pohnpeians settled and repopulated the island, taking the local women as wives. The island formed a new culture and language, a mixture of English and Ngatikese (a Pohnpeic language).[1][4] In addition to the creole, which is only spoken by men, all of the residents speak Ngatikese, a Pohnpeic language closely related to the Pohnpeian language.

History

The atoll was first discovered by Westerners on 6 April 1773 by the Spanish naval officer Felipe Tompson when sailing from Manila to San Blas in New Spain on board of the vessel Nuestra Señora de la Consolación also called in short Buen Fin. Tompson charted the island as Los Valientes (the island of the bold in Spanish).[5] At some point between 1793 and 1796, William Raven, captain of Britannia gave a firm sighting to the island.[Note 1]

Education

Pohnpei State Department of Education operates public schools:

• Sapwuafik Elementary School[7]

Transportation

Sapwuahfik Airfield
IATA: none ICAO: none
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government
Operator	Civil Government
Serves	Sapwuahfik
Runways
Direction Length Surface ft m 077 1,200 370 Concrete

Just east of the Sapwuahfik is an Sapwuahfik Airfield with a paved 1,200 feet (370 m) runway.[8]

See also

• Madolenihmw
• Kitti (municipality)
• U, Pohnpei
• Nett
• Kapingamarangi
• Pingelap
• Sokehs
• Nukuoro
• Mokil
• Kolonia
• Oroluk
• Palikir

Notes

References

External links

• Sapwuahfik - Oceandots at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
• Deutsches Koloniallexikon (German)
• Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010
• POHNPEI (Islas Carolinas orientales). 3º parte. (Spanish)

На других языках

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[de] Sapwuahfik

Sapwuahfik, früher Ngatik, ist ein bewohntes Atoll des mikronesischen Bundesstaates Pohnpei. Es liegt etwa 150 Kilometer südwestlich der Insel Pohnpei.

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- [en] Sapwuahfik

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[fr] Sapwuahfik

Sapwuahfik (ancienne Ngatik) est un atoll des îles Carolines. C'est une municipalité des îles extérieures de Pohnpei, dans l'État de Pohnpei, un des États fédérés de Micronésie. Également connu comme Los Valientes, Seven Islands ou bien Islas de la Passion, l'atoll aurait été « découvert » en 1773 par Felipe Tompson.

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