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  2. Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    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).

  3. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    Mount Marpi in Saipan Map of soil types on the island of Saipan. 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.

  4. Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    Map showing the four municipalities of the Northern Mariana Islands, with Guam shown for context and indicating which islands have airports. Administratively, the CNMI is divided into four municipalities: The Northern Islands (north of Saipan) form the Northern Islands Municipality.

  5. Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Geography of the Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    The Northern Mariana Islands, together with Guam to the south, compose the Mariana Islands. The southern islands are limestone, with level terraces and fringing coral reefs. The northern islands are volcanic, with active volcanoes on Anatahan, Pagan and Agrihan. The volcano on Agrihan has the highest elevation at 3,166 feet (965 m).

  7. Aguiguan - Wikipedia

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    Aguijan is separated from Tinian by Tinian Channel (1988 map) Map of soil types on the islands of Tinian and Aguijan. Aguijan is only 7.09 square kilometers (2.74 sq mi) in size, with a length of 4.7 km (2.9 mi) and a width of 1.8 km (1.1 mi). [5]

  8. Tinian Naval Base - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Rota, Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia

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    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 ...