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5 unusual facts about Mariana Islands


Francis D. Rauber

Arriving in Guam, Mariana Islands in May 1948, he served in this capacity until November, and in Tsingtao and Shanghai China until April 1949, when he returned to Camp Witek, Guam.

Ladrones Islands

Mariana Islands, a major island chain in the western Pacific Ocean

Niigata, Niigata

Poor weather conditions and its distance from B-29 bases in the Mariana Islands meant that it was removed from the list of targets during deliberations; Nagasaki was bombed instead.

Rafael Rodriguez-Ponga y Salamanca

In 1985 he received a research grant from the Foundation Juan March, which allowed him to travel to the Philippines, the Mariana Islands and Japan.

Shinkailepas kaikatensis

The individuals in the NOAA image are adults of 2 cm (0.75 in) living on rock surfaces at a hydrothermal vent at the East Diamante seamount, which is westsouthwest of the small island of Farallon de Medinilla in the Southern Seamount Province of the Mariana Islands.


Kalaikunda Air Force Station

In July 1944, U. S. Marines invaded the Mariana Islands and as soon as West Field, Tinian, was readied in May 1945, the group flew to West Field and continued the Air Offensive against Japan.

Mariana Trench

The Mariana Trench is named for the nearby Mariana Islands (in turn named Las Marianas in honor of Spanish Queen Mariana of Austria, widow of Philip IV of Spain).

Orbiculate Cardinalfish

It is found in coastal areas throughout much of the Indo-Pacific, including East Africa, Kiribati, the Ryukyu Islands, New Caledonia, Belau, and the eastern Caroline and Mariana Islands.

Paris Peace Conference, 1919

Instead it focused on two demands: the inclusion of their racial equality proposal in the League's Covenant and Japanese territorial claims with respect to former German colonies, namely Shantung (including Kiaochow) and the Pacific islands north of the Equator (the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, the Mariana Islands, and the Carolines).

Serianthes nelsonii

Serianthes nelsonii is a large tree endemic to Guam and Rota of the Mariana Islands.

Zaibatsu

In the Tom Clancy book Debt of Honor, a group of zaibatsu seize control of Japan and invade the US-held Mariana Islands.


see also

252 Air Group

After being annihilated in combat over the Marshall Islands in 1943, the unit was reconstituted in Japan in February 1944 and helped defend the home islands against Allied offensives, including B-29 bomber attacks from the Mariana Islands.

California Coast University

He ran for Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands and was the running mate of gubernatorial candidate Ramon "Kumoi" Guerrero in the 2009 gubernatorial election.

Carolinian

Carolinian language, an Austronesian language spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean

Chamorro

Chamorro Time Zone, formerly the Guam Time Zone, the time zone in which Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands are situated.

Chamorro language, an Austronesian language spoken on Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands

KCNM

KNUT, a radio station (101.1 FM) licensed to Garapan-Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, which held the call sign KCNM-FM from 1999 to 2010

Northern Islands

Northern Islands Municipality, one of the four main political divisions of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

United States House of Representatives election in the Northern Mariana Islands, 2010

Joe Camacho (Cov), former Covenant Floor Leader in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives

Jesus Borja (D), former Lieutenant Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands