Ngeruktabel

{{Short description|Island in Palau}} {{Infobox islands | name = Ngeruktabel | native_name = | native_name_link = | native_name_lang = | sobriquet =  | image_name = | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Palau | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_relief = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|7|16|22.8|N|134|25|30.01|E|scale:1400000|display=inline,title}} | etymology = | location = South Pacific | archipelago = Rock Islands | waterbody = | total_islands = | major_islands = | area_km2 = 18.62 | area_footnotes = | rank = | length_km = | length_footnotes = | width_km =  | width_footnotes = | coastline_km = 91.55 | coastline_footnotes = | elevation_m = 215 | elevation_footnotes = | highest_mount = | country = Palau | country_admin_divisions_title = State | country_admin_divisions = Koror | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = | country_admin_divisions_1 = | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = | country_admin_divisions_2 = | country_capital_type = | country_capital = | country_largest_city_type = | country_largest_city = | country_capital_and_largest_city = | country_largest_city_population = | country_leader_title = | country_leader_name = | country_area_km2 =  | country_1 = | country_1_admin_divisions_title = | country_1_admin_divisions = | country_1_admin_divisions_title_1 = | country_1_admin_divisions_1 = | country_1_capital_type = | country_1_capital = | country_1_largest_city_type = | country_1_largest_city = | country_1_capital_and_largest_city = | country_1_largest_city_population = | country_1_leader_title = | country_1_leader_name = | country_1_area_km2 =  | demonym = | population = 0 | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_rank = | population_rank_max = | density_km2 = | density_rank = | density_footnotes = | languages = | ethnic_groups = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | website = | additional_info = | footnotes = }} '''Ngeruktabel''' is an island of the Koror state of Palau in the South Pacific.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ngeruktabel Island island, Koror, Palau |url=https://pw.geoview.info/ngeruktabel_island,7732382 |publisher=pw.geoview.info |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ngeruktabel: The Bait Grounds of Rock Islands Palau (KSLOF) |url=https://www.livingoceansfoundation.org/bait-grounds-ngeruktabel-rock-islands-palau/ |publisher=Living Oceans Foundation |access-date=8 April 2021 |language=en |date=19 January 2015}}</ref>

==Geography and history== Ngeruktabel is the second largest island of Palau and the largest one of the Rock Islands.<ref name="TRI">{{cite web |title=The Rock Islands: Southern Lagoo |url=https://whc.unesco.org/uploads/nominations/1386.pdf |access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref> Like other Rock Islands, Ngeruktabel is uninhabited today. However, the local oral history identifies at least five ancient villages existing in the late prehistoric times. The local population migrated northward to Koror and Babeldaob. Depopulation is recorded as being primarily associated with warfare.<ref name="TRI"/>

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==External links== * [https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1386/ Rock Islands Southern Lagoon]

Category:Islands of Palau Category:Koror Category:Uninhabited islands of Palau