# Pulusuk > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pulusuk > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Pulusuk.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulusuk > Source revision: 1309524632 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox settlement | name = Pulusuk | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = Village | image_skyline = Sentinel-Pulusuk.png | image_alt = | image_caption = [Sentinel-2](/source/Sentinel-2) picture of Pulusuk | image_flag = Flag of Houk.png | flag_alt = | image_seal = | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | etymology = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Federated States of Micronesia | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Pulusuk in the Federated States of Micronesia | coordinates = {{Coord|6.6898|149.3021|display=inline,title|region:FM-TRK_type:isle}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Federated States of Micronesia | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Chuuk | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = | seat = | government_footnotes = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_urban_footnotes = | area_rural_footnotes = | area_metro_footnotes = | area_magnitude = | area_note = | area_water_percent = | area_rank = | area_blank1_title = | area_blank2_title = | area_total_km2 = | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_urban_km2 = | area_rural_km2 = | area_metro_km2 = | area_blank1_km2 = | area_blank2_km2 = | area_total_ha = | area_land_ha = | area_water_ha = | area_urban_ha = | area_rural_ha = | area_metro_ha = | area_blank1_ha = | area_blank2_ha = | length_km = | width_km = | dimensions_footnotes = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_as_of = | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | population_demonym = | timezone1 = | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Pulusuk''' or '''Houk Island''' is a village and [municipality](/source/Administrative_divisions_of_the_Federated_States_of_Micronesia) in the state of [Chuuk](/source/Chuuk_State), [Federated States of Micronesia](/source/Federated_States_of_Micronesia).[http://www.statoids.com/yfm.html Statoids.com], retrieved December 8, 2010 It is a small island that lies at the end of a {{convert|55|km|mi|0|abbr=on|sp=us}} long submerged [atoll](/source/atoll). Pulusuk is part of the [Pattiw](/source/Pattiw) group, located {{convert|244|km|mi|0|abbr=on|sp=us}} to the west of Chuuk.{{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 }} The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by [Spanish](/source/Spain) naval officer [Juan Antonio de Ibargoitia](/source/Juan_Antonio_de_Ibargoitia) commanding the vessel ''Filipino'' in 1799. He charted it as ''Bartolomé''.Robson, R.W. ''The Pacific Islands Handbook'' New York 1946. p.142Sharp, Andrew ''The discovery of the Pacific Islands'' Oxford, 1960, p.183.Brand, Donald D. ''The Pacific Basin: A History of its Geographical Explorations'' The American Geographical Society, New York, 1967, p.141. ==Name== The name of the island goes back to [Proto-Chuukic](/source/Chuukic_languages) ''*t'ouka'' or ''*t'ouke''.{{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}} ==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](/source/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.{{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}} The rudimentary airport is not serviced (no passenger terminal, no hangars or no fuel). [Caroline Islands Air](/source/Caroline_Islands_Air) has chartered flights to the airfield. ==References== {{reflist}} Category:Municipalities of Chuuk State Category:Islands of Chuuk State {{Micronesia-geo-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Pulusuk](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulusuk) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulusuk?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.