Ponape
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Ponape may refer to:
- PohnpeiPohnpeiNot to be confused with Pompeii, the ancient city destroyed by Vesuvius in AD 79.Pohnpei "upon a stone altar " is the name of one of the four states in the Federated States of Micronesia , situated among the Senyavin Islands which are part of the larger Caroline Islands group...
, an island in the Federated States of Micronesia - Ponape (barque)Ponape (barque)Ponape was a four-masted steel–hulled barque which was built in 1903 in Italy as Regina Elena for an Italian owner. In 1911 she was sold to Germany and renamed Ponape. In 1914 she was arrested by and confiscated as a war prize by the Admiralty. She was renamed Bellhouse In 1915 she was sold...
, a German sailing ship