{{Short description|Pacific atolls in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia}} {{Location map |Pacific Ocean |label=Hall Islands |lon_dir=E |lat_dir=N |lat_deg=8|lat_min=35 |lon_deg=152|lon_min=5 |position=right |width=300 |float=right |mark=Cercle rouge 100%.svg |marksize=20 |caption=Location of the Hall Islands in the Pacific Ocean }}
The '''Hall Islands''' are a group of two large atolls in the northern part of the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.<ref>[https://www.statoids.com/yfm.html Statoids.com], retrieved December 8, 2010</ref> In the broader sense, a third and smaller atoll is included. [[File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-22834566 k-14d.jpg|left|thumb|Map including the Hall Islands (DMA, 1991)]] [[File:Hall Islands Landsat.jpg|thumb|300px|Landsat picture of the Hall islands: Nomwin to the west, Murilo to the east]] Nomwin, the western atoll,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/nomwin.php |title=Oceandots - Nomwin |accessdate=2011-12-06 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/nomwin.php |archivedate=December 23, 2010 }}</ref> and Murilo, the eastern one,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/murilo.php |title=Oceandots - Murilo |accessdate=2011-12-06 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/murilo.php |archivedate=December 23, 2010 }}</ref> are located about 9 km apart, being the emergent parts of a twin-lobed seamount. Murilo and Nomwin each harbor a population of more than 1,000 people.[https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/29745/1/vol65n4-497-505.pdf] They lie roughly 100 km to the north of Chuuk Lagoon. Uninhabited East Fayu, lying 30+ km to the west of Nomwin, is sometimes included in the Halls.[https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/29745/1/vol65n4-497-505.pdf] The three atolls together account for a dry surface of about 3.5 km<sup>2</sup> over more than 50 islets or motus.<ref>{{citation|url=https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/29745/1/vol65n4-497-505.pdf|title=Reptiles of the Hall Islands, Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia|first=D. W.|last=Buden|year=2011|journal=Pacific Science|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|volume=65|number=4|page=497|doi=10.2984/65.4.497 |s2cid=30805115 }}</ref>
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Category:Islands of Chuuk State Category:Atolls of the Federated States of Micronesia
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