Pagan Island

Pagan Island

Infobox Mountain
Name= Pagan Island
Photo=Pagan usgs.jpg
Caption= North Pagan, the most active of the two stratovolcanoes on Pagan Island.
Elevation= Convert|570|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Location=Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean
Range=
Prominence = Convert|570|m|ft|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|18|8|N|145|48|E|type:mountain_region:US
Topographic

Type=Stratovolcanoes
Age=
Last eruption=2006
First ascent=
Easiest route=

Pagan Island is an island of the Northern Mariana Islands chain, located at coord|18.10|N|145.76|E|, approximately 320 kilometers northof Saipan. Pagan has an area of 47.23 km² (18.24 sq mi), making it the fourth largest island of the Northern Marianas, and consists of two stratovolcanoes joined by a narrow strip of land. The stratovolcano at the northeast end of the island, at coord|18.13|N|145.8|E|type:mountain,has an altitude of 570 m; the other, at the southwest end atcoord|18.075|N|145.725|E|type:mountain, is 548 m high.

History and population

It was inhabited during historical times, but a 1981 eruption forced theevacuation of its inhabitants. The last U.S. census reported no residents as of April 1, 2000.

Like the other Northern Marianas, it changed hands from the Spanish (governed from Guam) to the German colonial administration, and after Japanese occupation was first under League of Nations mandate, after U.S. occupation remained part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands until the granting of U.S. Commonwealth status. Politically it is part of the Northern Islands Municipality.

Pagan Island was included during Operation Christmas Drop 2006. United States Air Force C-130 aircrew observed cattle and a small cluster of buildings, including a grass airstrip, located on the island.

References

* [http://gaebler.info/sonstiges/marianen.htm Pascal Horst Lehne and Christoph Gäbler: "Über die Marianen." Lehne-Verlag, Wohldorf in Germany 1972.]
* [http://gaebler.info/sonstiges/marianen.htm#pagan Pagan]
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* [http://www.worldstatesmen.org/Northern_Marianas.html WorldStatesman- Northern Marianas]


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