Truk Atoll

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Truk Atoll, now commonly known as Chuuk Lagoon, is a large coral atoll in Micronesia famed for its World War II shipwrecks and status as a premier wreck-diving destination.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Truk Atoll canonical 5

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coral atoll ⓘ
lagoon ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
wreck diving site ⓘ
attackDate February 1944 ⓘ
attackedBy United States Navy ⓘ
capitalOfStateLocatedOn Weno ⓘ
containsIsland Dublon ⓘ
Etten ⓘ
Fala-Beguets ⓘ
Fefan ⓘ
Param ⓘ
Parem ⓘ
Tonoas ⓘ
Udot ⓘ
Uman ⓘ
Weno ⓘ
country Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
formerName Hogoleu ⓘ
linked to: Olohega

Ruk ⓘ
Truk Lagoon ⓘ
governingStateCapital Weno ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity fishing ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasFeature World War II shipwrecks ⓘ
aircraft wrecks ⓘ
barrier reef ⓘ
coral reefs ⓘ
lagoon ⓘ
lagoon channels ⓘ
hasName Chuuk Atoll ⓘ
Chuuk Lagoon ⓘ
Lagoon of Chuuk ⓘ
linked to: Chuuk Lagoon
historicalEvent Operation Hailstone ⓘ
major Japanese naval base during World War II ⓘ
knownFor World War II Japanese fleet wrecks ⓘ
scuba diving tourism ⓘ
snorkeling ⓘ
underwater war museum ⓘ
wreck diving ⓘ
languageSpoken Chuukese ⓘ
linked to: Chuukese language

English ⓘ
locatedIn Caroline Islands ⓘ
Chuuk State ⓘ
Micronesia ⓘ
western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Chuuk Lagoon barrier reef system ⓘ
Federated States of Micronesia ⓘ
timeZone UTC+10 ⓘ
usedBy Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chuuk Lagoon → alsoKnownAs → Truk Atoll ⓘ
Truk Lagoon → formerName → Truk Atoll ⓘ
Truk Lagoon → alsoKnownAs → Truk Atoll ⓘ
San Francisco Maru → sunkNear → Truk Atoll ⓘ
Operation Inmate → location → Truk Atoll ⓘ