Eil Malk

Eil Malk
(Mecherchar)

Rock Islands of Palau
Geography
Location	Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	7°9′8.57″N 134°22′4.25″E / 7.1523806°N 134.3678472°E / 7.1523806; 134.3678472
Archipelago	Mecherchar Islands, Palau Islands
Area	19 km2 (7.3 sq mi)
Length	6 km (3.7 mi)
Width	4.5 km (2.8 mi)
Highest elevation	82 m (269 ft)
Country
Palau
unincorporated area	Rock Islands
Demographics
Population	0
Density	0 /km2 (0 /sq mi)

Eil Malk or Mecherchar is the main island of the Mecherchar Islands, an island group of Palau in the Pacific Ocean. In a more narrow sense, just the southeastern peninsula of Mecherchar is called Eil Malk.^[1] It is located 23 kilometers southeast of Koror near the fringing reef of Palau.

Eil Malk (Mecherchar)

This densely wooded island has the shape of a letter Y, is up to 6 km long and 4.5 km wide. There are more than 10 small lakes on the island. Most well known is the Jellyfish Lake in the east of the island.

Eil Malk is uninhabited, but there has been at least one village, perhaps three villages in the period between 1200 and 1450.^[2]

References

1. ^ http://www.nps.gov/pwro/piso/peleliu/figure18.htm#figure18
2. ^ http://www.nps.gov/pwro/piso/peleliu/pelrocki.htm#lagoon

External links

• Map of the Mecherchar Islands