Farallon de Pajaros

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Farallon de Pajaros
Elevation:	360 meters (1,181 feet)
Coordinates:	20°32′42″N, 144°53′37″E
Location:	Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean
Type:	Stratovolcano
Last eruption:	1967

Farallon de Pajaros (from Spanish Farallón de los pájaros, meaning Birds Rock), also known as Urracas (from Spanish Urracas, meaning Magpies), is the northernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain.

Farallon de Pajaros is uninhabited and is located at 20°32′42″N, 144°53′37″E. It has a land area of 2.55 km² (0.985 sq mi). Its highest point is 1,180 feet (360 m) above sea level. It is 1.2 miles in diameter, and it is a volcanic island that has had many eruptions. Some of its Northern Mariana Islands neighbors include Saipan and Tinian.

[edit] References

• Farallon de Pajaros: Blocks 1000 and 1999, Block Group 1, Census Tract 9501, Northern Islands Municipality, United States Census Bureau
• Horst Lehne and Christoph Gäbler: Über die Marianen. Lehne-Verlag, Wohldorf in Germany 1972.

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