Where: Pohnpei Island, the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia and one of the many Caroline Islands in the warm Western Pacific. What: Micronesia’s definitive “garden isle ...

Pohnpei and its surrounding islands, both past and present. Patrick D. Nunn Surveys of 12 of these islands have shown that not only have some—like Nahlapenlohd—completely disappeared, but that ...

In 1850, the Micronesian island of Nahlapenlohd was the scene of Pohnpei state’s first battle involving cannons and muskets. Less than two centuries later, it has sunk beneath the waves.