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Pohnpei (also spelled '''Ponape''' and earlier '''Bonabee''') is the name of one of the State s in the Federated States Of Micronesia (FSM), and one of the Senyavin Islands . The FSM's capital Palikir is located on Pohnpei. HISTORY First sighted by the Russian navigator Fyodor Litke in 1828, the island was a Japan ese territory in World War II , Japan having acquired Ponape along with the rest of the Carolines , the Marshalls , and the Marianas (less American-owned Guam ) as War Reparations from Germany . However, the island was one of those bypassed by the US Navy during the amphibious campaigns of 1943-1945. The military facilities were shelled on several occasions, including by the Battleship s USS ''Massachusetts'' (BB-59) and ''Iowa'' (BB-61) , and by the Aircraft of ''Cowpens'' (CVL-25) . The Federated States of Micronesia achieved independence in 1986 . NEARBY ISLANDS
POHNPEI IN FICTION Pohnpei plays a central role in the fictional Cthulhu Mythos , in which it is only about ten days journey by fast ship from the fictional island of R'lyeh , the place where the Fictional Character Cthulhu currently resides. Several stories by H. P. Lovecraft , August Derleth and others use this island as a setting or contain references to it. Pohnpei's role in the Mythos was inspired by the ruins of Nan Madol (see above), which had already been used as the setting for a Lost Race story by Abraham Merritt , ''The Moon Pool'', in which the islands are called Nan-Tauach. Some Occultists see Nan Madol as connected to the Lost Continent of Lemuria . EXTERNAL LINKS
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