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Saipan is the largest island in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is about 120 mi (190 km) north of Guam and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) northeast of Tinian, from which it is separated by the Saipan Channel. Saipan is about 12 mi (19 km) long and 5.6 mi (9.0 km) wide, with a land area of 115.38 km 2 (44.55 sq mi).
Topographic map of the island of Tinian, showing buildings as of 1999. Tinian is about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) southwest of Saipan, from which it is separated by the Saipan Channel. It has a land area of 39 square miles (100 km 2), with its highest elevation on the Kastiyu plateau at 187 meters (614 ft). It is considerably flatter than Saipan.
The island chain geographically consists of two subgroups, a northern group of ten volcanic main islands, all are currently uninhabited; and a southern group of five coralline limestone islands (Rota, Guam, Aguijan, Tinian and Saipan), all inhabited except Aguijan. In the northern volcanic group a maximum elevation of about 2,700 feet (820 m ...
Taga Beach (on Tinian Island) is the largest beach known for its sunset views. [100] Latte Stones Quarry (an ancient stone quarry of the Chamorro people) Mount Tapochau (highest point with views of Saipan), this site is known for its views, and it is possible to see other islands on a clear day and is topped by a statue of Jesus Christ. [101]
Map of the Northern Mariana Islands. Asuncion Island. The Marianas Trench, with some of deepest ocean on the planet wraps around the Northern Mariana's and is National Marine Monument since 2009. The Northern Mariana Islands, together with Guam to the south, compose the Mariana Islands.
During the final stages of the war, Rota was occasionally bombed by aircraft of the U.S. Navy in an attempt to silence its radio transmitter that was providing warning to the Japanese home islands upon the take-off of B-29 Superfortress bomber attacks from Tinian, Saipan, and Guam, but the island was never invaded by American troops. B-29 ...
Tinian, the third of the three largest islands of the Mariana Islands, is located south of Saipan across the 3-mile-wide Saipan Channel. Tinian, north to south, is 12 miles long and east to west 6 miles wide. It has mostly flat terrain, perfect for runways. Along with the other Mariana Islands, Tinian was claimed for Spain by Ferdinand Magellan ...
Number Length (mi) [1] Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes Hwy. 20: 6.63: 10.67 Hwy. 201 in San Jose: Hwy. 21 in northern Tinian