Pulusuk

Pulusuk
Pulusuk
	Village
	Landsat picture of Pulusuk
Country	Federated States of Micronesia
State	Chuuk

Pulusuk or Houk Island is a village and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.[1]

Pulusuk

Location of Pulusuk in the Pacific Ocean

It is a small island that lies at the end of a 55 km (34 mi) long submerged atoll. Pulusuk is part of the Pattiw group, located 244 km (152 mi) to the west of Chuuk.[2]

The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by Spanish naval officer Juan Antonio de Ibargoitia commanding the vessel Filipino in 1799. He charted it as Bartolomé.[3][4][5]

References

Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010
"Oceandots - Houk". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-23.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
Robson, R.W. The Pacific Islands Handbook New York 1946. p.142
Sharp, Andrew The discovery of the Pacific Islands Oxford, 1960, p.183.
Brand, Donald D. The Pacific Basin: A History of its Geographical Explorations The American Geographical Society, New York, 1967, p.141.

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[1] Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010

[2] "Oceandots - Houk". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-23.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[3] Robson, R.W. The Pacific Islands Handbook New York 1946. p.142

[4] Sharp, Andrew The discovery of the Pacific Islands Oxford, 1960, p.183.

[5] Brand, Donald D. The Pacific Basin: A History of its Geographical Explorations The American Geographical Society, New York, 1967, p.141.