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Lamotrek
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Lamotrek (Woleaian: Lamwocheg[1]) is a coral atoll of three islands in the central Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. The atoll is located approximately 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) east of Elato. The population of Lamotrek was 373 in 2000,[2] living on almost 1 km2.
Name
[edit]The name of the island possibly goes back to Proto-Chuukic *lamʷo-li-ragi "lagoon of the west".[3]
Geography
[edit]The atoll is 11.5 kilometers (7.1 mi) long northeast-southeast, and up to 6.5 kilometers (4.0 mi) wide. Its total land area is only 0.982 square kilometers (0.379 sq mi), but it encloses a lagoon of 32 square kilometers (12 sq mi).[4]
Among the individual islets are the following:
- Falaite (northwest)
- Pugue (northeast)
- Lamotrek (southeast)
History
[edit]Before European rule, Lamotrek was invaded by Ifalik during Mweoiush's reign, with aid from the Mailiyas.
In January 1849 an earthquake occurred causing a flood to submerge the island with the exception of some trees. People climbed trees to survive; the water however swept away even some who had climbed the trees, causing many in the village to die. Forty-one survivors came to the Marianas to permanently settle there in April of that year.[5]
As with all of the Caroline Islands, sovereignty passed to the Empire of Germany in 1899. The island came under the control of the Empire of Japan after World War I, and was subsequently administered under the South Seas Mandate. Following World War II, the island came under the control of the United States of America and was administered as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands from 1947, and became part of the Federated States of Micronesia from 1979.
Further reading
[edit]- Werle, Kerstin J. S.: Landscape of Peace: Mechanisms of Social Control on Lamotrek Atoll, Micronesia. [A Social Anthropology Study in the Era of Globalization]. Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer VS, 2014. ISBN 978-3-658-05831-9 (print); ISBN 978-3-658-05832-6 (eBook)
References
[edit]- Columbia Gazetteer of the World. Vol. 1, p. 900
- ^ Sohn, Ho-min; Tawerilmang, Anthony F. (31 March 2019). Woleaian-English Dictionary. Humanities Open Books program, a joint initiative of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. p. 193. ISBN 978-0824804152.
- ^ Yap State Census Report, 2000 ( PDF)
- ^ Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: 2". Oceanic Linguistics. 42 (2): 271–281. doi:10.1353/ol.2003.0014. S2CID 201778237.
- ^ "Oceandots". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-12.
- ^ Driver, Marjorie; Brunal-Perry, Omaira (1996). Carolinians in the Mariana Islands in the 1800s: selected documents from the holdings of the Spanish Documents Collection at the Micronesian Area Research Center: English-Spanish Edition (English-Spanish ed.) (English-Spanish ed.). Guam: Micronesian Area Research Center. ISBN 1-878453-21-1.
External links
[edit]- Entry at Oceandots.com at the Wayback Machine (archived December 23, 2010)
- Lamotrek Site on Triton Films
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