Hatohobei#Helen Reef

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The Helen Reef (English Helen 's Reef ), also called Hotsarihie, is an almost completely washed up at high tide Atoll in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It lies about 75 km east of the island of Tobi and belongs to such as these administrative area Hatohobei the island Republic of Palau.

The atoll is 25 km long and almost 10 km wide. Including the lagoon (103 km ²) and the numerous shallow coral reefs, it has a total area of ​​approximately 163 km ².

1767 was the HMS Swallow, under Captain Philip Carteret of New Guinea to Manila ( Philippines) and "discovered" this island in the southwest of Palau, so on September 8, Helen Reef.

From 1899 until the First World War was the part of German New Guinea reef.

In the north of the atoll, the island Helen Iceland area is included. On the island there is a permanently staffed ranger station. Therefore, the Helen Reef to the nine inhabited islands of the Republic of Palau is expected.