where is YAP CAROLINE ISLANDS, FM? i never heard of it. where can i see a map where its located at?

Answer 1

https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/fm.html

Everything the CIA knows about Micronesia

Answer 2

9 degrees 30 minutes north latitude, 138 degrees 10 minutes East longtitude, to be exact.

"Yap is an island in the Caroline Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, the westernmost state of the Federated States of Micronesia. The "island" of Yap actually consists of four continental islands (hence the alternative name of the Yap Islands). The four are very close together and joined within a common coral reef and entirely formed from an uplift of the Eurasian plate. The land is mostly rolling hills densely covered with vegetation. Mangrove swamps line much of the shore. An outer barrier reef surrounds the islands, enclosing a lagoon between fringing reefs and the inner edge of the barrier reef.

Colonia is the capital of the State of Yap. It administers both Yap proper and some 130 atolls reaching to the east and south for some 800 km (500 mi). 2003 population was 6,300 in both Colonia and ten other municipalities. The state has a total land area of 102 km² (38.7 sq mi). Yap is perhaps the most traditional of the Federated States of Micronesia's four states.

A large (approximately 8 feet in height) example of Yapese stone money in the village of GachparYap is notable for its stone money, known as Fé (see photograph at left): large donut-shaped, carved disks of (usually) calcite, up to 4 m (12 ft) in diameter (most are much smaller). The islanders know who owns which piece, but do not necessarily move them when ownership changes; their size and weight (the largest ones require twenty adult men to carry) make them very difficult to steal. The smallest known one is only 3 inches in diameter. There are five major types of monies: Mmbul, Gaw, Fe' or Rai, Yar, and Reng, this last being only 0.3 m (1 ft) in diameter. Their value is based on both size and history, many of them having been brought from other islands, as far as New Guinea, but most coming in ancient times from Palau. Approximately 6,800 of them are scattered around the island. As no more disks are being produced, this ceremonial money supply is fixed (Washington Post, 1984). The United States dollar is the currency used for exchange in Yap."

Of the three links I've supplied, Wikipedia has the best map of the Yap group and the most interesting reading on the place. The Federated States of MicronesiaTourist Bureau website is the most fascinating, and the CIA has the most details by far.

Answer 3

The Caroline Islands are in the Federated States of Micronesia. If you have a globe, look in the western and southern Pacific ocean. See all those little dots? Now, find one that has "Micronesia" next to it. Not Polynesia. Not Melanesia. Not Amnesia.
Micronesia is made up of many islands and coral atolls that are sometimes nearly or completely submerged.
This is an area of the Pacific where the US and Japanese fought some terrible island battles (Tarawa in what is now Kirabati).

Answer 4

Here it is:
http://www.missingaircrew.com/yap.asp