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Topographic map of the island of Tinian, showing buildings as of 1999. Tinian is about 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) southwest of Saipan, from which it is separated by the Saipan Channel. It has a land area of 39 square miles (100 km 2), with its highest elevation on the Kastiyu plateau at 187 meters (614 ft). It is considerably flatter than Saipan.
English: Map of the US-led invasion of the island of Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands, constituting the en:Battle of Tinian (Battle of Tinian) in 1944. Most of the map taken from File:Battle_of_Tinian_map.jpg, a work of the US Department of Defense. Additional details from: Richard Harwood.
The Battle of Tinian was part of the Pacific campaign of World War II. It was fought between the United States and Japan on the island of Tinian in the Mariana Islands from 24 July until 1 August 1944. The battle saw napalm used for the first time.
Tinian Naval Advanced Base was a major United States Navy sea and air base on Tinian Island, part of the Northern Mariana Islands on the east side of the Philippine Sea in the Pacific Ocean. The base was built during World War II to support bombers and patrol aircraft in the Pacific War .
Doesn't have the "wow factor" of some of my previous maps, but that's because of the limited size and complexity of Tinian itself. Instead, it presents a clear outline of the way that US forces moved down the island, something largely missing from the original US military map which has been augmented with details from other sources.
Map of the Battle of Tinian, by Grandiose and United States Department of Defense. Cathedral Peak Granodiorite, by United States Geological Survey and Grandiose.
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Saipan seen from the International Space Station Map of the Northern Mariana Islands Long Beach, Tinian. The Northern Mariana Islands, together with Guam to the south, compose the Mariana Islands archipelago. The southern islands are limestone, with level terraces and fringing coral reefs.