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FANNA ISLAND This thickly wooded remote islet is unpopu-
lated. With Sonsoral it forms the Sonsoral Islands.
PULO ANNA ISLAND Less than a dozen residents whose ances-
tors originally came from the Carolines, over 600 miles away,
fish and farm this 550 meter by 800 meter islet.
MERIR ISLAND Only a handful of people live on this 600 meters
wide by 2.2 km. long islet, which has a radio station at a village
called Melieli. The Tobi State boat comes by every month or
two.
TOBI ISLAND (HATOHOBEI STATE) is 210 mi. (338 km.) north of
the equator and 400 mi. (644 km.) south southwest of Koror.
Tobi is Palau’s most remote coral islet. The 20-or-so locals fish
the fringing reef, grow taro and bananas, plus have abundant
coconuts. The occasional visitor sleeps in the chief ’s bai. The
state boat goes to Koror for provisions every 60 days.
HELEN REEF This largely uninhabited atoll hosts 12,000,000
nesting lesser-crested terns each year.
