Pulusuk

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'''Pulusuk''' or '''Houk Island''' is a village and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.<ref>[http://www.statoids.com/yfm.html Statoids.com], retrieved December 8, 2010</ref>

It is a small island that lies at the end of a {{convert|55|km|mi|0|abbr=on|sp=us}} long submerged atoll. Pulusuk is part of the Pattiw group, located {{convert|244|km|mi|0|abbr=on|sp=us}} to the west of Chuuk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/pulusuk.php |title=Oceandots - Houk |accessdate=2014-08-23 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223043232/http://www.oceandots.com/pacific/caroline/pulusuk.php |archivedate=December 23, 2010 }}</ref>

The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by Spanish naval officer Juan Antonio de Ibargoitia commanding the vessel ''Filipino'' in 1799. He charted it as ''Bartolomé''.<ref>Robson, R.W. ''The Pacific Islands Handbook'' New York 1946. p.142</ref><ref>Sharp, Andrew ''The discovery of the Pacific Islands'' Oxford, 1960, p.183.</ref><ref>Brand, Donald D. ''The Pacific Basin: A History of its Geographical Explorations'' The American Geographical Society, New York, 1967, p.141.</ref>

==Name== The name of the island goes back to Proto-Chuukic ''*t'ouka'' or ''*t'ouke''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bender |first1=Byron W. |s2cid=201778237 |title=Proto-Micronesian Reconstructions: 2 |journal=Oceanic Linguistics |date=2003 |volume=42 |issue=2 |pages=271–281 |doi=10.1353/ol.2003.0014}}</ref>

==Houk Airfield== {{Infobox airport | name = Houk Airfield | nativename = | nativename-a = | nativename-r = | image = | image-width = | caption = | IATA = | ICAO = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_label = | pushpin_label_position = bottom | type = Public | owner = Government | operator = Civil Government | city-served = Pulusuk | location = | elevation-f = | elevation-m = | coordinates = {{Coord|6.6749|149.2988|display=inline|region:FM-TRK_type:airport}} | website = | metric-elev = | metric-rwy = | r1-number = 044 | r1-length-f = 1,350 | r1-length-m = 410 | r1-surface = Concrete | stat-year = | stat1-header = | stat1-data = | stat2-header = | stat2-data = | footnotes = }}

Houk Airfield consists of a paved {{convert|1350|ft|m}} runway that cuts through the forested south end of the island.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tci.gov.fm/civilaviation/houk.html|title=Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) Division of Civil Aviation | Houk (Pulusuk) Civil Airfield, Houk Island, Micronesia}}</ref> The rudimentary airport is not serviced (no passenger terminal, no hangars or no fuel). Caroline Islands Air has chartered flights to the airfield.

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Category:Municipalities of Chuuk State Category:Islands of Chuuk State