The islands were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2012.
■ History
■ Geography
The Rock Islands are sparsely populated and famous for their beaches, blue lagoons, and the peculiar umbrella-like shapes of many of the islands themselves. Many of the islands display a mushroom-like shape with a narrower base at the intertidal notch. The indentation comes from erosion and from the dense community of sponges, bivalves, chitons, snails, urchins, and others that graze mostly on algae. Notable islands in the group are: Eil Malk (Mecherchar) Ngeruktabel Ulong Bablomekang (Abappaomogan) Bukrrairong (Kamori) Oilouch Ongael Malakal Ngebedangel (Ngobasangel) Ngerekebesang Ngerukewid (Orukuizu) Ngeanges Ngeteklou (Gologugeul) Tlutkaraguis (Adorius)
■ Environment
□■ Important Bird Area
A 4,912 ha site encompassing the Rock Islands has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports populations of most of Palau’s endemic birds, including Micronesian megapodes, Palau ground doves, Micronesian imperial pigeons, Palau fruit doves, swiftlets and kingfishers, Micronesian myzomelas, morningbirds, Palau fantails, flycatchers and bush warblers, giant, dusky and citrine white-eyes, and Micronesian starlings.
■ Tourism
The islands and surrounding reefs include Palau’s most popular tourist sites, such as the Blue Corner, Blue Holes, German Channel, Ngermeaus Island, and the famed Jellyfish Lake, one of many marine lakes in the Rock Islands that provides home and safety for several kinds of stingless jellyfish found only in Palau. It is the most popular diving destination in Palau, offering some of the most diverse dive sites on the planet, from wall diving and high current drift dives, to manta rays and sharkfeeds, to shallow lagoons, decorated caves, and overhangs. Tourist attractions also include Dolphin Bay, where a staff of veterinarians and trainers educate guests about dolphins.
■ Demographics
The only inhabited place on the islands is called Dolphin Bay (on Ngeruktabel, 5 km from Koror). It is the location of Palau’s national aquatics park, and hosts headquarters of Palau’s Park rangers.

NE 979.9Km	Mariana Trench
NW 1154.1Km	Chocolate Hills
NW 1393.0Km	Philippines
SW 2180.9Km	Kakadu National Park
NW 2239.9Km	Cape Manzamo
SW 2246.9Km	Kelimutu
NW 2278.5Km	Yoronjima
NW 2379.8Km	Pingxi District
NW 2380.9Km	Jiufen

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