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==Geography==
Palikir is located in the northwestern center of [[Pohnpei Island]] (formerly known as Ponape). Geologically the island terrain consists of high mountains to low [[coral atoll]]s.<ref name=Micro/> It is the largest, highest, wettest and most scenic island of the Federated States of Micronesia.<ref name="Leonard2001">{{cite book|author=David Leonard|title=Diving the Pacific: Volume 1: Micronesia and the Western Pacific Islands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zn7Wv821uZ4C&pg=PA152|access-date=8 May 2013|date=1 July 2001|publisher=Tuttle Publishing|isbn=978-962-593-499-0|pages=152–}}</ref> Palikir is {{convert|8|km|0|abbr=off|sp=us}} southwest of [[Kolonia]], which is Pohnpei's largest town and state capital of Pohnpei State.<ref name=Govt/> Underwater reefs are found all round the coastal region of the island.<ref name=Student/> {{convert|9|km|0|abbr=off|sp=us}}  to the southeast, [[Mount Nanlaud]] is the highest point of the [[Federated States of Micronesia]] and of Pohnpei at {{convert|2566|ft}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.geonames.org/2081845/mount-nanlaud.html|title=Mount Nanlaud|publisher=[[GeoNames]]|access-date=12 May 2013}}</ref> as indicated on the definitive [[USGS]] 1:25,000 scale topographic survey.<ref name="USGS">{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/topo/pacific_islands/txu-oclc-17153631-ponape-south-b.jpg|title=Ponape South|publisher=[[US Geological Survey]]|date=1983|access-date=22 January 2017}}</ref> Palikir is surrounded by heavily wooded forest.<ref name=War>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/world/palikir.html#ixzz2ShF0NNs4|title=Palikir|access-date=8 May 2013|publisher=Infoplease.com}}</ref>