Chuuk Lagoon travel guide

Top 6 sights in Chuuk Lagoon

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   Immaculate Heart of Mary Cathedral

   The Catholic cathedral at Weno and the seat of the diocese of the Caroline Islands. German Jesuits built the first church on the site in 1915, at the end of Germany's brief rule over Micronesia.

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   Akagi Maru

   An armed merchant cruiser of the Japanese navy, launched in 1936 as a refrigerated liner for the South American run. American aircraft sank her in Chuuk lagoon during Operation Hailstone in February 1944 with heavy loss of life.

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   Mount Teroken

   The highest point on Weno Island in Chuuk at three hundred and sixty-four metres, with the lagoon and its scattered islands laid out below.

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   Fauba Archaeological Site

   A prehistoric stone complex on a mountain ridge on Tol Island in Chuuk, listed on the American register of historic places in 1978 while the islands were still a trust territory.

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   Tonnachau Mountain

   A mountain of about three hundred and forty metres on Weno, lower than the island's highest point but far more conspicuous, standing directly above the airport and tied to the legend of the founder of Chuuk.

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   Rio de Janeiro Maru

   A Japanese liner of 1930 taken into service as a submarine tender and sunk at Truk in the American raid of February 1944. She lies on her side in some thirty metres of water, holds still packed with trucks and bottles, and ranks among the lagoon's best-known dives.

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