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Places to see in Palau

12 of the 15 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  Ngerulmud

  City · Melekeok

  Ngerulmud is the seat of government of the Republic of Palau, an island nation in the Pacific Ocean. It replaced Koror City as the capital in October 2006.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Aotearoa (CC BY 3.0). Map

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  Koror

  Town · Koror

  Koror is the largest city and the commercial centre of Palau, located on Koror Island. With a population of 12,676 as of 2024, it is home to about half of the country's population.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Peter R (Public domain). Map

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  Babeldaob

  Island · Ngeremlengui

  Babeldaob is the largest island in the island nation of Palau. It is in the western Caroline Islands, and the second largest island in the Micronesia region of Oceania. Palau's capital, Ngerulmud, is located on Babeldaob, in Melekeok State.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Peter R (Public domain). Map

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  Melekeok

  Town · Melekeok

  Melekeok is a town in the State of Melekeok. It is located on the east coast of Palau's largest island, Babeldaob.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Mandrusian (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Jellyfish Lake

  Ongeim'l Tketau

  Lake · Koror

  Jellyfish Lake is a marine lake located on Eil Malk island in Palau. Eil Malk is a part of the Rock Islands, a group of small, rocky, mostly uninhabited islands in Palau's Southern Lagoon, between Koror and Peleliu. There are about 70 other marine lakes located throughout the Rock Islands.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Lukas from Munich, Germany (CC BY 2.0). Map

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  Tobi

  Island · Hatohobei

  Tobi is an island in the Palauan state of Hatohobei. Tobi Island is 1.6 km long and 0.8 km wide, and has an area of about 0.85 square kilometres (0.33 sq mi). With a population of 39 according to a 2020 census, it holds all of the state's people, with the exception of a weather base on Helen Island.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Angela K. Kepler (Public domain). Map

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  Mount Ngerchelchuus

  Mountain · Ngeremlengui

  Mount Ngerchelchuus is the Republic of Palau's highest point, located at the border of the states of Ngardmau and Ngaremlengui, on the island of Babeldaob.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Abasaa (Public domain). Map

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  Koror Island

  Island · Koror

  Koror is the state comprising the main commercial centre of the Republic of Palau. It consists of several islands, the most prominent being Koror Island. It is Palau's most populous state; more people live in Koror than in the rest of Palau.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: U.S. National Park Service (Public domain). Map

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  Malakal Island

  Island · Koror

  Malakal Island is an island in the state of Koror, Palau. It is the site of Palau's main port, Malakal Harbor, as well as its fisheries. It is linked to Koror by a causeway. The Palau Royal Resort, a luxury oceanside destination, is on Malakal Island.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Photographer: Dr. James P. McVey, NOAA Sea Grant Program (Public domain). Map

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  Belau National Museum

  Museum · Koror

  The Belau National Museum (BNM), previously Palau Museum, is a museum in Koror, Palau. It is the oldest continuously run museum in Micronesia.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Abasaa (Public domain). Map

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  Nan'yō Shrine

  Nan'yō Shinto Shrine

  Religious · Koror

  Nanyo Shrine was a Shinto shrine located on the island of Koror, in Palau. The shrine was the ichinomiya of the government of the South Seas Mandate, a League of Nations mandated territory administered by the Empire of Japan.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Nanyo Shrine Enshrinement Festival in Palau Nov 20 1940.png (Public domain). Map

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  Lake Ngardok

  Lake · Melekeok

  Lake Ngardok is a lake on the Palauan island of Babeldaob, in the State of Melekeok. It is the second largest natural freshwater lake in all of the islands of Micronesia, after Lake Susupe on the isle of Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Aotearoa (CC BY 3.0). Map