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Ponape

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[poh-nuh-pey, pon-uh-] / ˈpoʊ nəˌpeɪ, ˈpɒn ə- /
Also Pohnpei

noun

  1. an island in the W Pacific: part of the Federated States of Micronesia. 134 sq. mi. (347 sq. km).


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Mr. F. V. Christian, in a paper recently read before the Royal Geographical Society, stated that he had found tombs of Negritos on Pónapé one of the Caroline group.

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A breeze sprung up at noon, so after bidding good-bye to the whaler, we stood away for Ponapé, making W.N.W.

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We were ten days out from Pingelap before we sighted Ponapé's cloud-capped peaks.

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He returned to Ponapé from China a week ago, and cleared out your two stations of everything of value.

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Our first port of call at Ponapé was Jakoits harbour.

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