Covering a combined land area of 702 sq.km (271 sq mi), the Federated States of Micronesia is a sovereign island nation and an associated state of the United States comprising of about 607 islands and islets of the Caroline Islands Archipelago in North Pacific Ocean. Despite its small land area, FSM actually occupies 2,600,000 sq.km, of the Pacific Ocean and has the world’s 14th largest Exclusive Economic Zone. Located in the southern part of the Micronesian island of Pohnpei is, Mount Nanlaud – the highest point of FSM at an elevation of 2,566ft (782m). The islands of the Federated States of Micronesia are high volcanic islands, supporting a large variety of flora and low-lying coral atolls in poorer soil. The Pohnpei Island is the biggest, wettest and highest island in FSM as well as the most beautiful one in the country. It is an elevated island compared to its other islands which occupy lower altitudes. The landscape of the Pohnpei Island features mountains covered by dense rainforests, with mangrove swamps on the lower slopes. The island’s circumference is lined by coral reefs.
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