Eil Malk
Island in Palau
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.
01Geography
Eil Malk is located 23 kilometres (14 mi) southwest of Koror near the fringing reef of Palau. The neighboring island is Ngeruktabel.
This densely wooded, Y-shaped island is up to 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) long and 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) wide. There are more than 10 small lakes on the island, including Clear Lake and the most well-known, Jellyfish Lake, located in the eastern part of the island.
02Governance
Eil Malk is uninhabited, but there were at least one, and up to three, villages located there between 1200 and 1450.
Sources and credits
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- Jellyfish Lake Palau.jpg by Onyo, CC BY-SA 4.0
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