Lukunor
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Lukunor
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Location of Lukunor Atoll in the Pacific Ocean![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Lukunor_ISS004.jpg/220px-Lukunor_ISS004.jpg)
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Lukunor is an Island and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.[1]
It is a small atoll part of the Nomoi Islands group, located about 264 km to the southeast of Chuuk.[2]
History
Lukunor was first sighted by Europeans by the Spanish expedition of Álvaro de Saavedra shortly after August 1528 in its first attempt to return to New Spain.[3]
Climate
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References
5°30′09″N 153°49′01″E / 5.5024°N 153.817°E / 5.5024; 153.817
Borthwick, Ernest Mark. Aging and Social Change on Lukunor Atoll, Micronesia. PhD dissertation, University of Iowa, 1977.
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