Uman Islands with districts Uman Island is an island of Uman municipality in Chuuk State , Federated States of Micronesia , with an area of 4.70 km². Highest elevation is Mt. Uroras with 273 meters.
Traditionally and before European contact, Uman had been subdivided into six districts. These are listed clockwise, starting in the North:[ 1]
Machon
Punitu
Nukanap
Iluk
Küchu
Peken During World War II the United States Navy built Naval Base at Uman Island, Truk Lagoon, Fleet Post Office #3048. The United States Fourth Fleet used Uman Island for anchorage, a PT Boat Base.[ 2]
References
^ Edwin Horace Bryan: Guide to place names in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: (the Marshall, Caroline and Mariana Islands) (Paperback). Honolulu: Pacific Scientific Information Center, 1971: Car.16, p. 169
^ Uman Island 'pacificwrecks.com
7°18′04″N 151°52′50″E / 7.3011°N 151.8805°E / 7.3011; 151.8805
