This article is about a ruined city on Pohnpei island. For the album by Edward Vesala, see Nan Madol (album). For tropical cyclones, see List of storms named Nanmadol.
Nan Madol: Ceremonial Centre of Eastern Micronesia
Type
Cultural
Criteria
i, iii, iv, vi
Designated
2016 (40th session)
Reference no.
1503
Region
Asia and the Pacific
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Designated
19 December 1974
Reference no.
74002226[1]
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Designated
16 September 1985[2]
Location of Nan Madol in Federated States of Micronesia
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Nan Madol (Pacific Ocean)
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Nan Madol complex map
Nan Madol is an archaeological site adjacent to the eastern shore of the island of Pohnpei, now part of the Madolenihmw district of Pohnpei state in the Federated States of Micronesia in the western Pacific Ocean. Nan Madol was the capital of the Saudeleur dynasty until about 1628.[3][note 1] The city, constructed in a lagoon, consists of a series of small artificial islands linked by a network of canals.[3] The site core with its stone walls encloses an area approximately 1.5 by 0.5 kilometres (0.93 mi × 0.31 mi) and it contains 92 artificial islets—stone and coral fill platforms—bordered by tidal canals.[9]
The name Nan Madol means "within the intervals" and is a reference to the canals that crisscross the ruins.[10] The original name was Soun Nan-leng, "Reef of Heaven," according to Gene Ashby in his book Pohnpei, An Island Argosy.[11] It is often called the "eighth wonder of the world," or the "Venice of the Pacific".[12]
^"National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 23 January 2007.
^"Nan Madol". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2007.
^ abAyres, William. "Nan Madol, Madolenihmw, Pohnpei". Department of Anthropology University Of Oregon. Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
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^Cordy, Ross H (1993). The Lelu Stone Ruins (Kosrae, Micronesia): 1978-81 Historical and Archaeological Research. Asian and Pacific Archaeology. Social Science Research Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa. pp. 14, 254, 258. ISBN 0-8248-1134-8. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
^Morgan, William N (1988). Prehistoric Architecture in Micronesia. University of Texas Press. pp. 60, 63, 76, 85. ISBN 0-292-76506-1. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
^Panholzer, Tom; Rufino, Mauricio (2003). Place Names of Pohnpei Island: Including And (Ant) and Pakin Atolls. Bess Press. pp. xiii, 21, 22, 25, 38, 48, 56, 63, 71. 72, 74, 104. ISBN 1-57306-166-2. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
^Micronesica. University of Guam. 1990. pp. 92, 203, 277. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
^Coles, Rob; McKenzie, Lel; Campbell, Stuart; Yoshida, Rudi; Edward, Ahser; Short, Fred (2005). "The effect of causeway construction on seagrass meadows in the Western Pacific ? a lesson from the ancient city of Nan Madol, Madolenihmw, Pohnpei, FSM". Pacific Conservation Biology. 11 (3): 212–220. doi:10.1071/pc050212. ISSN 2204-4604. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
^"Nan Madol". U.S. National Park Service.
^Ashby, Gene (June 1987). Pohnpei, An Island Argosy (2nd revised ed.). Rainy Day Press. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-931742-14-9.
^http://www2.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/travel/story.html?id=d7601625-fafe-46f4-b1d1-5c18837881cf [permanent dead link]
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