Omelochel

Islet, Airai

Palau

Omelochel

Leucobryum moss 3 Leucobryum moss growing on branches overhaning the salt water of the rock islands in Palau
Leucobryum moss 3 Credit: Doug Beckers

Omelochel is a small islet located in the Airai state of Palau, an island country in the western Pacific Ocean. It is situated in the southern part of Palau, approximately 3 kilometers northeast of Koror, the country's commercial center. The islet is part of the larger Rock Islands, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its stunning natural beauty and diverse marine life.

Omelochel covers an area of about 1.2 hectares and is characterized by sandy beaches, lush vegetation, and crystal-clear waters. The islet is surrounded by a thriving coral reef, making it a popular spot for snorkeling and diving enthusiasts. The marine ecosystem around Omelochel is home to a wide variety of fish species, colorful coral formations, and other marine organisms, providing a rich and vibrant underwater experience.

Access to Omelochel is typically by boat, with several tour operators offering trips to the Rock Islands and its surrounding islets. The islet offers visitors a peaceful and serene environment, away from the hustle and bustle of urban life. It is an ideal destination for those seeking relaxation, beach activities, and exploration of the marine environment.

Overall, Omelochel is a picturesque islet in Palau, offering visitors an opportunity to immerse themselves in the natural beauty and tranquility of the Rock Islands.

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Leucobryum moss 3 Leucobryum moss growing on branches overhaning the salt water of the rock islands in Palau
Leucobryum moss 3
Leucobryum moss growing on branches overhaning the salt water of the rock islands in Palau
Leucobryum moss 1 Leucobryum moss growing on branches overhaning the salt water of the rock islands in Palau
Leucobryum moss 1
Leucobryum moss growing on branches overhaning the salt water of the rock islands in Palau
Leucobryum moss 2 Leucobryum moss growing on branches overhaning the salt water of the rock islands in Palau
Leucobryum moss 2
Leucobryum moss growing on branches overhaning the salt water of the rock islands in Palau
Pacific Partnership 2024-1: Echocardiogram Side-by-Side 231205-N-GA297-1033 U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ramoune Scarlett, from Trelawy, Jamaica, left, Darlene Belonio, a local doctor, middle left, Cmdr. Matthew Russell, from San Diego, middle right, and Lt. James Brunswick, from New York City, right, pose for a group photo at Belau National Hospital in Koror, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 2, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Celia Martin)
Pacific Partnership 2024-1: Echocardiogram Side-by-Side 231205-N-GA297-1033
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ramoune Scarlett, from Trelawy, Jamaica, left, Darlene Belonio, a local doctor, middle left, Cmdr. Matthew Russell, from San Diego, middle right, and Lt. James Brunswick, from New York City, right, pose for a group photo at Belau National Hospital in Koror, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 2, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Celia Martin)
Pacific Partnership 2024-1: Echocardiogram Side-by-Side 231205-N-GA297-1013 U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ramoune Scarlett, from Trelawy, Jamaica, left, and Darlene Belonio, a local doctor, work side-by-side to perform an echocardiogram on a Palauan patient at Belau National Hospital in Koror, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 2, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Celia Martin)
Pacific Partnership 2024-1: Echocardiogram Side-by-Side 231205-N-GA297-1013
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ramoune Scarlett, from Trelawy, Jamaica, left, and Darlene Belonio, a local doctor, work side-by-side to perform an echocardiogram on a Palauan patient at Belau National Hospital in Koror, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 2, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Celia Martin)
Pacific Partnership 2024-1: Echocardiogram Side-by-Side 231205-N-GA297-1029 U.S. Navy Lt. James Brunswick, from New York City, back left, Cmdr. Matthew Russell, from San Diego, front, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ramoune Scarlett, from Trelawy, Jamaica, back left, and Darlene Belonio, a local doctor, right, work side-by-side to perform an echocardiogram on a Palauan patient at Belau National Hospital in Koror, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 2, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Celia Martin)
Pacific Partnership 2024-1: Echocardiogram Side-by-Side 231205-N-GA297-1029
U.S. Navy Lt. James Brunswick, from New York City, back left, Cmdr. Matthew Russell, from San Diego, front, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ramoune Scarlett, from Trelawy, Jamaica, back left, and Darlene Belonio, a local doctor, right, work side-by-side to perform an echocardiogram on a Palauan patient at Belau National Hospital in Koror, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 2, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Celia Martin)
Pacific Partnership 2024-1: Echocardiogram Side-by-Side 231205-N-GA297-1003 U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ramoune Scarlett, from Trelawy, Jamaica, left, and Darlene Belonio, a local doctor, work side-by-side to perform an echocardiogram on a Palauan patient at Belau National Hospital in Koror, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 2, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Celia Martin)
Pacific Partnership 2024-1: Echocardiogram Side-by-Side 231205-N-GA297-1003
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ramoune Scarlett, from Trelawy, Jamaica, left, and Darlene Belonio, a local doctor, work side-by-side to perform an echocardiogram on a Palauan patient at Belau National Hospital in Koror, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 2, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Celia Martin)
Pacific Partnership 2024-1: Echocardiogram Side-by-Side 231205-N-GA297-1028 U.S. Navy Lt. James Brunswick, from New York City, left, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ramoune Scarlett, from Trelawy, Jamaica, middle, and Darlene Belonio, a local doctor, work side-by-side to perform an echocardiogram on a Palauan patient at Belau National Hospital in Koror, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 2, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Celia Martin)
Pacific Partnership 2024-1: Echocardiogram Side-by-Side 231205-N-GA297-1028
U.S. Navy Lt. James Brunswick, from New York City, left, Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Ramoune Scarlett, from Trelawy, Jamaica, middle, and Darlene Belonio, a local doctor, work side-by-side to perform an echocardiogram on a Palauan patient at Belau National Hospital in Koror, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 2, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships. (U.S. Navy photo by MC2 Celia Martin)
Koror–Babeldaob Bridge/Micronesia 2 The bridge connects Koror and Babeldaob Islands. It is a reinforced concrete, portal frame, cable-stayed bridge with a total length of 413 m.
Koror–Babeldaob Bridge/Micronesia 2
The bridge connects Koror and Babeldaob Islands. It is a reinforced concrete, portal frame, cable-stayed bridge with a total length of 413 m.
Koror–Babeldaob Bridge/Micronesia 1 The bridge connects Koror and Babeldaob Islands. It is a reinforced concrete, portal frame, cable-stayed bridge with a total length of 413 m.
Koror–Babeldaob Bridge/Micronesia 1
The bridge connects Koror and Babeldaob Islands. It is a reinforced concrete, portal frame, cable-stayed bridge with a total length of 413 m.
Rock Islands, Koror, Palau 2019 Palau Trip
Copyright 2019 Surangel Whipps
Rock Islands, Koror, Palau
2019 Palau Trip Copyright 2019 Surangel Whipps
Rock Islands, Koror, Palau 2019 Palau Trip
Copyright 2019 Juliette L. Gibbs
Rock Islands, Koror, Palau
2019 Palau Trip Copyright 2019 Juliette L. Gibbs
Rock Islands, Koror, Palau 2019 Palau Trip
Copyright 2019 Juliette L. Gibbs
Rock Islands, Koror, Palau
2019 Palau Trip Copyright 2019 Juliette L. Gibbs
Jellyfish Lake, Rock Islands, Koror, Palau 2019 Palau Trip
Copyright 2019 Surangel Whipps
Jellyfish Lake, Rock Islands, Koror, Palau
2019 Palau Trip Copyright 2019 Surangel Whipps
Rock Islands, Rock Islands, Koror, Palau 2019 Palau Trip
Copyright 2019 Juliette L. Gibbs
Rock Islands, Rock Islands, Koror, Palau
2019 Palau Trip Copyright 2019 Juliette L. Gibbs
Rock Islands, Rock Islands, Koror, Palau 2019 Palau Trip
Copyright 2019 Juliette L. Gibbs
Rock Islands, Rock Islands, Koror, Palau
2019 Palau Trip Copyright 2019 Juliette L. Gibbs
Secretary John Kerry, United States special presidential envoy for climate and co-host of the Our Oceans 2022 conference and EWC President Suzanne Vares-Lum Our Ocean 2022 Palau Conference
April 13-14, 2022
Secretary John Kerry, United States special presidential envoy for climate and co-host of the Our Oceans 2022 conference and EWC President Suzanne Vares-Lum
Our Ocean 2022 Palau Conference April 13-14, 2022
The EWC/PIDP delegation to Our Ocean 2022 Palau was pleased to meet Secretary John Kerry, United States special presidential envoy for climate and co-host of the Our Oceans 2022 conference in Palau Our Ocean 2022 Palau Conference
April 13-14, 2022
The EWC/PIDP delegation to Our Ocean 2022 Palau was pleased to meet Secretary John Kerry, United States special presidential envoy for climate and co-host of the Our Oceans 2022 conference in Palau
Our Ocean 2022 Palau Conference April 13-14, 2022
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Omelochel is a islet in Airai, Palau. It has an elevation of 25 meters above sea level. It is also known as Gomologel, Komoloki Island, Komolokl, Komolokl Island, Omelochel. Information correct as at Tuesday 5th April 2011.

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