Manta ray in Goofnuw Channel Yap island micronesia south pacific
Manta Rays frequent the lagoon around the tiny island of Yap all year, so it's not a matter of if but of how many you'll see on each dive. Yap has about 100 resident mantas. 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. Without a written language Yapese recorded their history through dance and stories Children start at an early age to learn the stories and the dances Men s houses were used for village meetings and as shelter for visitors from other islands. Without a written language Yapese recorded their history through dance and stories Children start at an early age to learn the stories and the dances
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Location: Yap island
Photo credit: © Michael DeFreitas Underwater / Alamy / Afripics
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