Anatahan

For the 1953 Japanese film, see Anatahan (film).

Anatahan
Ash from Anatahan, June 2005
Elevation	788 m (2,585 ft)
Location
Location	Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean
Coordinates	16°21′N 145°40′E / 16.35°N 145.67°E / 16.35; 145.67
Geology
Type	Active stratovolcano
Last eruption	2007 – 2008

Anatahan is one of the most active volcanoes of the Northern Mariana Islands. The island of Anatahan is 9 kilometers (6 mi) long and has a land area of 31.21 km² (12.05 sq mi). Formerly inhabited, it now has no population because of the always-present danger of volcanic eruptions. Sparseness of vegetation in the most recent lava flows on Anatahan indicated that they were of Holocene age, but the first historical eruption of Anatahan did not occur until May 2003, when a large explosive eruption took place forming a new crater inside the eastern caldera. The most recent eruption was in 2007, and lasted till 2008.

Anatahan is well-known due to a group of Japanese holdouts that remained long after the end of World War II, only surrendering in 1951.

References

• Media related to Anatahan Island at Wikimedia Commons
• Anatahan: Blocks 1060 and 1993, Block Group 1, Census Tract 9501, Northern Islands Municipality, United States Census Bureau
• Anatahan, April 2005
• Pascal Horst Lehne and Christoph Gäbler: Über die Marianen. Lehne-Verlag, Wohldorf in Germany 1972. and Anatahan
• "Anatahan". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0804-20=. 
• Siebert L, Simkin T (2002-). Volcanoes of the World: an Illustrated Catalog of Holocene Volcanoes and their Eruptions. Smithsonian Institution, Global Volcanism Program Digital Information Series, GVP-3, (http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/).
• Saipan Oral Histories of the Pacific War page 78, 119-120.
• William H. "Bill" Stewart: The Last Surrender Of World War II