Micronesia

Micronesia spreads 600 islands across an ocean area larger than the continental United States. Nan Madol was built on artificial islets of stacked basalt in a shallow lagoon.

Micronesia map

015 km (9.3 mi)30 km (19 mi)45 km (28 mi)60 km (37 mi)

Height

0 m (0 ft), 15 m (49 ft), 40 m (131 ft), 75 m (246 ft), 100 m (328 ft), 150 m (492 ft), 250 m (820 ft), 300 m (984 ft), above 400 m (1310 ft)

Sea depth

0 m (0 ft), 150 m (492 ft), 600 m (1970 ft), 1800 m (5910 ft), 3200 m (10500 ft), deeper than 5200 m (17060 ft)

Federated States of Micronesia

Guam

Kiribati

Marshall Islands

Nauru

Northern Mariana Islands

Palau

U.S. Outlying Islands

Micronesia map

Where in the world is Micronesia located?