found: Sledge, E.B. With the old breed, at Peleliu and Okinawa, c1981(name not given)
found: BGN, 7/22/81(Republic of Palau; 5°N, 137°E)
found: Stewart, W.H. Historic and geographic tourist map of Belau (Republic of Palau), western Caroline Islands, Pacific Ocean ... c1988.
found: Lippincott(Palau, island group, W Caroline Islands, c. 550 mi. E of Philippines; 7°30ʹN 134°30ʹE; taken (1944) by U.S.; sometimes spelled Pelew)
found: Web. geog.(Palau or formerly Pelew or since 1981 Belau, group of ab. 100 islands and islets, generally considered a part of the Caroline Is. (Western Carolines); became part of U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands 1947; became internally self-governing 1980)
found: BGN. Foreign names info. bull., 15 Apr. 1996(former name: Palau [brief], Republic of; ADM1; new name: Palau [brief], Republic of [English]; Beluu er a Belau [Belau=brief] [Palauan]; PCLF; 5°00ʹN, 137°00ʹE)
found: Wikipedia, July 11, 2006(Palau, officially the Republic of Palau; it is sometimes referred to in English under its native name Belau; Beluu er a Belau) July 17, 2018 (Palau (historically Belau, Palaos, or Pelew), officially the Republic of Palau (Palauan: Beluu er a Belau), is an island country located in the western Pacific Ocean; contains approximately 340 islands, forming the western chain of the Caroline Islands in Micronesia; 7°30ʹN 134°30ʹE)
found: GNIS, July 17, 2018(Republic of Palau; variants: Belau; Beluu Er A Belau; Palau; Republic of Belau; Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Palau District; following World War II, Palau became part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, which was administered by the US under a United Nations mandate ratified in 1947. In 1986, the US and the Palau government agreed to a Compact of Free Association, which provided independence under US military protection. This Compact was endorsed in October 1994; consists of sixteen states: Aimelik, Airai, Angaur, Kayangel, Koror, Hatohobei, Melekeok, Ngaraard, Ngardmau, Ngaremlengui, Ngatpang, Nchesar, Ngerchelong, Ngiwal, Peleliu, and Sonsoral; 7.4782190° 134.5604700° 07°28ʹ42ʺN 134°33ʹ38ʺE)
found: BnF Catalogue général, via WWW, July 17, 2018(Palaos; variants: République des Palaos; Palau; Belau)
