WebYap State, also known in the Yapese language as Nam nu Wa'ab (lit. "Island of Yap") or simply as Wa'ab, is one of the four states of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). The other states are Kosrae State, Pohnpei State, and Chuuk State.. Colonia is the capital of Yap State, which administers both the Yap Main Islands and the island of Satawal, as …

WebEarly life. Yap was born to television host and actress Kris Aquino and basketball player James Yap.. Personal life. He is currently home schooled. In 2016, he experienced a concussion on the head. In October 2020, Yap was reported to be 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and still growing, according to an Instagram post by his mother Kris Aquino.

WebHōkūleʻa is a performance-accurate waʻa kaulua, a Polynesian double-hulled voyaging canoe. Launched on 8 March 1975 by the Polynesian Voyaging Society, she is best known for her 1976 Hawaiʻi to Tahiti voyage completed with exclusively traditional navigation techniques. The primary goal of the voyage was to explore the anthropological theory of …

WebYap (Yapese: Waqaab) traditionally refers to an island group located in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, a part of Yap State.The name "Yap" in recent years has come to also refer to the state within the Federated States of Micronesia, inclusive of the Yap Main Islands and its various outer islands, the Yap Neighboring Islands.For specifying the …

WebA rai stone (Yapese: raay), or fei stone, is one of many large artifacts that were manufactured and treasured by the native inhabitants of the Yap islands in Micronesia.They are also known as Yapese stone money or similar names.. The typical rai stone is carved out of crystalline limestone and is shaped as a disk with a hole in the center. The smallest …

WebLee Kyung-eun (born February 17, 1975), better known by her stage name Harisu (Hangul: 하리수; Hanja: 河莉秀), is a Korean pop singer, model, and actress.Born male, Harisu knew she wanted to present herself as a woman from early childhood, and underwent sex reassignment surgery in the 1990s. She is the Republic of Korea's first transgender …

WebBora Bora (French: Bora-Bora; Tahitian: Pora Pora) is an island group in the Leeward Islands.The Leeward Islands comprise the western part of the Society Islands of French Polynesia, which is an overseas collectivity of the French Republic in the Pacific Ocean.Bora Bora has a total land area of 30.55 km 2 (12 sq mi). The main island, …

WebGeologically one of the youngest inhabited territories on Earth, Easter Island, located in the mid-Pacific Ocean, was, for most of its history, one of the most isolated.Its inhabitants, the Rapa Nui, have endured famines, epidemics of disease and cannibalism,: 91 civil war, environmental collapse, slave raids, various colonial contacts, and have seen their …

WebDescription. The group consists of about 500 small coral islands, east of the Philippines, in the Pacific Ocean.The distance from Yap (one of the larger Caroline islands) to Manila is 1,200 mi (1,900 km).. Most of the islands are made up of low, flat coral atolls, but there are some that rise high above sea level.. People and culture

WebNew Guinea (Tok Pisin: Niugini; Hiri Motu: Niu Gini; Indonesian: Papua, or Nugini, historically Irian) is the world's second-largest island with an area of 785,753 km 2 (303,381 sq mi). Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the 150-kilometre (81-nautical-mile; 93-mile) wide Torres Strait, though both …