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Saipan is the largest island in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is about 120 mi (190 km) north of Guam and 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) northeast of Tinian, from which it is separated by the Saipan Channel. Saipan is about 12 mi (19 km) long and 5.6 mi (9.0 km) wide, with a land area of 115.38 km 2 (44.55 sq mi).
Number Length (mi) [1] Length (km) Southern or western terminus Northern or eastern terminus Formed Removed Notes Hwy. 20: 6.63: 10.67 Hwy. 201 in San Jose: Hwy. 21 in northern Tinian
Mount Marpi in Saipan. The Mariana Islands are an arc-shaped archipelago made up by the summits of fifteen volcanic mountains. The island chain arises as a result of the western edge of the Pacific Plate moving westward and plunging downward below the Mariana plate, a region that is the most volcanically active convergent plate boundary on Earth.
The Japanese businessman, Haruji Matsue had introduced sugar cane farms and narrow gauge railways to the Island of Saipan in the 1920s. [1] A narrow-gauge railway with a gauge of 760 mm ( 2 ft 5 + 15 ⁄ 16 in ) nearly circled the island of Saipan and has been used by the Japanese for transporting sugar cane and military supplies.
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Saipan International Airport (far background), photographed from the top of Mount Tapochau.. Saipan International Airport (IATA: SPN, ICAO: PGSN, FAA LID: GSN), also known as Francisco C. Ada/Saipan International Airport, is a public airport located on Saipan Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
The Garapan Heritage Trail is located in Garapan, Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. [1] [2] The cultural heritage trail project is supported through grants awarded to the Northern Marianas Humanities Council by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Office of Insular Affairs, United States Department of the Interior.