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Ant Atoll
Ant Atoll is a small atoll lying off the west coast of Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. Along with the nearby Pakin Atoll, these islands constitute the Senyavin group of islands.〔Bendure, G. & Friary, N. (1988) ''Micronesia:A travel survival kit.'' South Yarra, VIC: Lonely Planet〕
Ant's first European visitor was Álvaro de Saavedra on 14 September 1529 shortly before his death, in his second attempt to return from Tidore to New Spain.〔Brand, Donald D. T''he Pacific Basin: A History of its Geographical Explorations'' The American Geographical Society, New York, 1967, p.122〕〔Sharp, Andrew ''The discovery of the Pacific Islands'', Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1960, p.20,23〕 It was later visited by Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, commanding the Spanish ship ''San Jeronimo'' on 23 December 1595. Fernandez de Quirós had assumed the command of the Spanish expedition of Alvaro de Mendaña after his death 〔Coello, Francisco "Conflicto hispano-alemán" ''Boletín de Sociedad Geográfica de Madrid'', t.XIX. 2º semestre 1885, Madrid, p.296〕
Ant is a popular site with tourists for diving and snorkelling, and is the site of several colonies of seabirds, notably black noddys. The atoll is no longer inhabited.
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