Pulusuk

Houk Airfield
Houk Airfield
	IATA: none; ICAO: none;
Summary
Airport type	Public
Owner	Government
Operator	Civil Government
Serves	Pulusuk
Coordinates	6°40′30″N 149°17′56″E / 6.6749°N 149.2988°E
Runways

Pulusuk
Pulusuk
Village
	Sentinel-2 picture of Pulusuk
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	Pulusuk Location of Pulusuk in the Federated States of Micronesia
	Coordinates: 6°41′23″N 149°18′08″E / 6.6898°N 149.3021°E
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]

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]

Name

The name of the island goes back to Proto-Chuukic *t'ouka or *t'ouke.^[6]

Houk Airfield

Houk Airfield consists of a paved 1,350 feet (410 m) runway that cuts through the forested south end of the island.^[7] The rudimentary airport is not serviced (no passenger terminal, no hangars or no fuel). Caroline Islands Air has chartered flights to the airfield.

References

^ Statoids.com, retrieved December 8, 2010
^ "Oceandots - Houk". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
^ 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.
^ Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: 2". Oceanic Linguistics. 42 (2): 271–281. doi:10.1353/ol.2003.0014. S2CID 201778237.
^ "Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Division of Civil Aviation | Houk (Pulusuk) Civil Airfield, Houk Island, Micronesia".

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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.

[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.

[6] Bender, Byron W. (2003). "Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: 2". Oceanic Linguistics. 42 (2): 271–281. doi:10.1353/ol.2003.0014. S2CID 201778237.

[7] "Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Division of Civil Aviation | Houk (Pulusuk) Civil Airfield, Houk Island, Micronesia".

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Pulusuk

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Houk Airfield

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