Wonders of Palau

Diving in Blue Holes, Palau

Wondermondo 🢖 World 🢖 Wonders of Australia and Oceania 🢖 Wonders of Micronesia 🢖 Wonders of Palau Territory Wonders of Palau   Highlights Although Palau is small in size, it offers a surprising diversity of interesting monuments. Several of these monuments are true wonders and there are several unresolved mysteries related to Palau. Map with the described wonders Top 25 wonders of Palau Geological […]

Uet era Ongael

Small marine lake (0.9 ha) with its own subspecies of jellyfish Mastigias cf. papua remengesaui.

Clear Lake

Marine lake (3.9 ha) with its own subspecies of jellyfish Mastigias cf. papua salii.

Goby Lake

Round marine lake (2.1 ha) with its own subspecies of jellyfish Mastigias cf. papua nakamurai.

Uet era Ngermeuangel

Marine lake (4.3 ha) with its own subspecies of jellyfish Mastigias cf. papua remeliiki and Moon Jellyfish Aurelia sp.

Jellyfish Lake

Jellyfish Lake from air with swarms of jellyfish visible, Palau

A unique marine lake with an area of 5.0 ha, has an underground connection to the sea. Stratified in two layers that do not mix. Isolated from the sea 12,000 years and contains a distinct population of two species of jellyfish – endemic Mastigias cf. papua etpisoni and most likely endemic Aurelia sp. Millions of these jellyfishes make strict daily migration around the lake. Four more marine lakes with jellyfish on the nearby islands but Jellyfish Lake is the only one open to tourists. The number of jellyfish has reached up to 31 million (January 2005), currently some 5 million.