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Sorol is a coral atoll of nine islands in the central Caroline Islands in the Pacific Ocean, and forms a legislative district in Yap State in the Federated States of Micronesia. Sorol is located approximately south of Ulithi and southeast of the island of Yap. The population of Sorol was 215 in 2000.〔()〕 Sorol is a municipality with the state of Yap〔()〕 although its population has been listed with Fais in some statistical publications.〔()〕 ==Geography== The atoll is long east-west, and up to wide. The northern rim of the atoll consists of a reef with several islets. Its total land area is only , but it encloses a deep lagoon of . The shorter southern rim is less well-developed and narrower than the northern rim, with two small passages into the lagoon. Only the four largest islets are vegetated. Among the individual islets are the following: *Bigelimol (northwesternmost) *Bigeliwol (northwest) *Bigelor (southeasternmost) *Birara (south) *Falewaidid (north) *Sorol (southeast) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sorol」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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