Pulusuk


Pulusuk or Houk Island is a village and municipality in the state of Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia.
It is a small island that lies at the end of a long submerged atoll. Pulusuk is part of the Pattiw group, located to the west of Chuuk.
The first recorded sighting by Europeans was by Spanish naval officer Juan Antonio de Ibargoitia commanding the vessel Filipino in 1799. He charted it as Bartolomé.

Name

The name of the island goes back to Proto-Chuukic *t'ouka or *t'ouke.

Houk Airfield

Houk Airfield consists of a paved runway that cuts through the forested south end of the island. The rudimentary airport is not serviced. Caroline Islands Air has chartered flights to the airfield.