Olimarao, Coral atoll in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia.
Olimarao is a coral atoll in Yap State composed of two small islets within its reef system. Olimarao Island sits at the northeastern end, while Falipi Island occupies the southwestern section.
The sources document no separate history for Olimarao; the atoll is administratively part of Elato in Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. Its name derives from Proto-Chuukic *weni-maraawu. The entire atoll lies within the Olimarao Conservation Area, established to protect breeding sites of sea turtles, coconut crabs and pelagic birds.
Olimarao is uninhabited, so it has no resident community or fishing life of its own; administratively it belongs to Elato, 36 km to the southeast. The atoll's name derives from Proto-Chuukic *weni-maraawu. Today the whole atoll forms the Olimarao Conservation Area, protecting breeding sites of sea turtles, coconut crabs and pelagic birds.
Olimarao is uninhabited, so there are no local communities on the atoll to coordinate with; access by sea is arranged from Elato, 36 km to the southeast, to which the atoll administratively belongs. The two passages into the roughly 6 km2 lagoon lie on the southern fringes of the reef, so approach and anchorage are made from that side.
The atoll's name derives from Proto-Chuukic *weni-maraawu. Its entire 11 km2 reef area forms the Olimarao Conservation Area, established to protect breeding sites of sea turtles, coconut crabs and pelagic birds. The two islets, Olimarao and Falipi, are covered with coconut palms and Scaevola taccada bushes.
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