Kosrae Island

Kosrae is a island in The Federated States Of Micronesia.
Its capital is Tofol.
Kosrae has a total area of 111 sq Km and an elevation of 635 m.
6616 people live in Kosrae, it has a density of 59 people per sq Km.
 

Moruroa atoll

                      Moruroa Atoll




Moruroa is an island in the South Pacific. It belongs to French Polynesia. Also named Morurura or Aopuni.
In Moruroa there is even a little football pitch. Moruroa used to have 2 active nuclear testing plants.
No people live there any more.
It has a big airstrip but in the south of the island there is a mysterious runway.

nuclear testing plants in Moruroa

Aitutaki

                                                       Aitutaki


Aitutaki is one of the main islands of Cook Islands.
It is also known as: Araura, Ararau or Utataki. The island is located in the Central Southern Pacific Ocean.
There are a total of 15 islands.
Approximately 2200 people live there.
It has got a total area of 18 sq km.
There are 3 main sports: Rugby (like in most pacific islands), Netball and Volleyball.
Aitutaki is also divided into 8 districts.

Rurutu island

          

                             Rurutu Island
       


Rurutu Island was formed 12 million years ago. Rurutu has large cliffs on the edge of the island except for a few beaches. It's known for its whale watching in the summer, especially Humpback whales.
The island is located in the Pacific Ocean. It's got an area of 37.75 sq km, 10.8 of length and 5.3 of width. Its highest elevation is 385 m.
It belongs to French Polynesia. 2322 people live there, a density of 71 per sq km.  

Palmyra Atoll

                                                          Palmyra Atoll

Palmyra Atoll has 4 major islands, a runway and only 4 people living there. An area of 12 km sq, a coast line of 14 km and a highest elevation of 6 ft (1.8288m). Palmyra Atoll is close to Kiribati, but it belongs to the USA.

 

Aneityum Island

                                                   Aneityum Island

Aneityum is a small island, with 915 people in 2009 but before that they say it could of had more than 12000 people when the Europeans arrived in 1793. It's got an area of 159 sq km and its highest  point is Mount Inrerow Atamein with an elevation of 852 m. It belongs to Vanuatu.

 

Tuamotu Islands

                                         Tuamotu Islands
The Tuamotu Islands are a group of islands and atolls in French Polynesia.
They form the largest chain of atolls on the planet!
The Tuamotu islands were first settled by Polynesians.
Location: Pacific
Total islands: 78
Area: 850 km^{2
Population: 15.862}

                                  The largest atoll in the Tuamotu Islands:
                                Rangiroa 
Rangiroa means vast sky. 
Location: Pacific
Area: 1,446 sq Km Lagoon and 79 km² (above water)  
Population: 2567

 
 
                       

Kwajalein atoll

                                                           Kwajalein
Kwajalein Atoll is the biggest atoll in the Pacific and it's part of the Marshall Islands. Kwajalein is one of the world's largest coral atolls. There are only 1000 English Speaking people out of 13,500 people. It has an area of 3900 sq km but only 16 sq km is land. It has an American army base. It has an outdoor cinema, schools, lots of shops, and a swimming pool.

Namonuito Atoll

                                                   Namonuito Atoll

Namonuito Atoll is also known as Namonweito, Weito, or Magur Islands. It is the largest atoll in Micronesia, and the second largest in the Pacific. The largest is Kwajalein Atoll In the Marshall
Islands.
Population: 1341
Area: 2267 km²

 This is a celebration because someone visited my Blog in Micronesia.

Ocean Island

                                                Ocean Island


Also known as Banaba Island
Location: Pacific 
Country: Kiribati 
Area: 6 km² 
Highest elevation: 81m

Population: 335
 

Nuku Hiva

                                                     Nuku Hiva

Location: Pacific Ocean
Area: 339 km^{2
Highest Elevation: 1224 m
Country: France  and French Polynesia.
Population: 2660}

^{Cool fact: It has a airport.}

El Teide

                       El Teide 

El Teide is an active volcano on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
It is the tallest mountain in Spain.
Its height: 3718m.
Last eruption: November 1909.

 

 El Teide.

Lamotrek Atoll

   


                                              Lamotrek Atoll
  Population: 373 
   Location: North Pacific 
   Area: 0.982 sq km 
   Country: Micronesia 
   Time Zone: Pacific/Chuuk 
   Dome fact: They do not have a runway. 

Remote runways on remote islands

                                Remote runways on remote islands
 
                            With a runway               Without a runway
                    Johnston Atoll                                 Howland Island 
                              Niue                                                 Mangareva
                              Fais Island                                       Maupihaa
                              Orkney                                             Nama
                              Wallis and Futuna                            Deception
                              Pukarua
                              Fangatau
                              Reao
                              Maupiti
                              Enewetak
                              Rimatara 
                              Iwo Jima

Flying on a small plane around Tenerife

              Flying on a small plane around Tenerife

Now I am in La Laguna in the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
On Wednesday I went to camp, but my parents went on a plane ride around the island, on a small plane.

This is the plane they flew on. A 4 seater plane!

 

These are the plane controls

This is El Teide, the mountain in the island of Tenerife.

This is called Los Gigantes

Just about to land in the airport of Los Rodeos.

Iwo Jima

                               Iwo Jima             



 Population: only military 
 Native name:硫黄島
 Location: Pacific Ocean
 Area: 21 sq km
 Highest elevation: 160.9 meters 
 Country: Japan

   Cool fact: it has a military base and an airport

Rimatara Island

                                                                   Rimatara island


In Rimatara there are 873 people living there. It is 8.6 sq km and it belongs to French Polynesia. Its highest elevation is 83 m and it has a new airport.

Solar eclipse in a remote island

            Solar eclipse in a remote island
     On March 20 2015 there is going to be a solar eclipse. One of the few places you can see the total eclipse is Faroe Islands.

Two astronomers asked people in the Faroe islands to take pictures during the month of March 2014 at 9:40 in the morning. The idea was to track the cloud coverage in preparation for the eclipse.
This is called citizen science. You can learn about this project here: http://astronomerswithoutborders.org/321-awb-blog/dark/gam-2014-blog/2139-solar-eclipse-education-in-the-faroe-islands.html

Enewetak Atoll

                                     Enewetak Atoll

 Population: 853
  Archipelago: Ralik
  Total islands: 40
  Area: 5.85 sq km
  Highest elevation: 5 m
  Country: Marshall Islands
  Cool fact: Humans have been on Enewetak since 1000 BC
  Cool fact: and it was used for nuclear tests

This is were they did the nuclear tests

I adopted a penguin!

                                     I adopted a penguin

Yesterday I adopted a penguin from Deception Island. There is a Spanish base and they are doing research at the moment.
They sent me a certificate.