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Apra Harbor, also called Port Apra, [1] is a deep-water port on the western side of the United States territory of Guam. It is considered one of the best natural ports in the Pacific Ocean . [ 2 ] The harbor is bounded by Cabras Island and the Glass Breakwater to the north and the Orote Peninsula in the south.
English: Sketch of Apra Harbor, Guam, made in January-February 1802, by American sailor William Haswell, first officer of the barque Lydia, and brother of the mariner Robert Haswell. Published in Remarks on a Voyage in 1801 to the Island of Guam.
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Point Udall (Orote Point) is the headland on the right in this view of Apra Harbor's mouth. Point Udall, also called Orote Point, is the westernmost point (by travel, not longitude) in the territorial United States, located on the Orote Peninsula of Guam.
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) enters Apra Harbor on its way to mooring at Naval Base Guam for a scheduled port visit, June 2020. Naval Base Guam is a strategic U.S. naval base located on Apra Harbor and occupying the Orote Peninsula. In 2009, it was combined with Andersen Air Force Base to form Joint Region Marianas, which is a Navy-controlled joint base.
English: Apra Harbor, Guam, photographed 25 May 1941, looking westward. The Orote Peninsula is in the background, with the town of Sumay in right center, marked by fuel tanks on its pier. This was the site of the Pan American Airways compound.
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The U.S. military substantially reconstructed and altered the shoreline of Apra Harbor as Guam became a major base for the remainder of the Pacific War. In 1948, the U.S. government declared an eminent domain taking of parts of Piti, as well as Sumay and Agat, for little or no compensation, moving the local population from the harbor shoreline. [4]