{{Short description|Island in Chuuk State, Federal States of Micronesia}} {{Other uses|Uman (disambiguation)}} thumb|Uman Islands with districts '''Uman Island''' is an island of Uman municipality in Chuuk State, Federated States of Micronesia, with an area of 4.70 km². Highest elevation is Mt. Uroras with 273 meters.
Traditionally and before European contact, Uman had been subdivided into six districts. These are listed clockwise, starting in the North:<ref name="Place Names">Edwin Horace Bryan: Guide to place names in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: (the Marshall, Caroline and Mariana Islands) (Paperback). Honolulu: Pacific Scientific Information Center, 1971: Car.16, p. 169</ref> #Machon #Punitu #Nukanap #Iluk #Küchu #Peken
During World War II the United States Navy built Naval Base at Uman Island, Truk Lagoon, Fleet Post Office #3048. The United States Fourth Fleet used Uman Island for anchorage, a PT Boat Base.<ref>[https://pacificwrecks.com/provinces/truk_uman.html Uman Island] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240106035908/https://pacificwrecks.com/provinces/truk_uman.html |date=2024-01-06 }} ''pacificwrecks.com''</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} *[http://www.statoids.com/yfm.html Statoids.com], retrieved December 8, 2010
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Category:Islands of Chuuk State
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