It is a small
atoll part of the
Nomoi Islands group, located about 264 km to the southeast of Chuuk.[2]
History
Lukunor was first sighted by Europeans by the Spanish expedition of
Álvaro de Saavedra shortly after August 1528 in its first attempt to return to
New Spain.[3]
^"Oceandots - Lukunor". Archived from the original on December 23, 2010. Retrieved 2011-12-06.{{
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^Riesenberg, Saul (October 1974). "Six Pacific Islands Discoveries". The American Neptune: 249.