Maug

I bet no one here ever visited this island before. And how would you get there? I was just thinking of other hard to reach places.

Diego Garcia
Maug, Farallon de Pajaros, Pagan,
Iwo Jima
Socorro

Like just to get to these places, you need more than just a commercial flight to get there. Some of these commercial flights won't make it.

The Maug Islands (from the Chamoru name for the islands as a single unit, Ma'ok, meaning "steadfast" or "everlasting") consist of three islands formed from the highest points of a single submerged volcano's caldera. This uninhabited island group is part of the Northern Islands Municipality of the Northern Mariana Islands.


[edit] Description

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Maug shown as the second-northernmost labeled island among those of the Marianas archipelago


In the place of the ancient volcanic peak is now a deep and spacious natural harbor. Steep cliffs border the islands and the landscape on the north and west islands is dominated by columns of basalt resembling tombstones. Vegetation on the islands consist mostly of grasses with a few coconut palms.
IslandJapanese NameArea (km²)Height (m)North IslandKita0.466227East IslandHigashi0.951215West IslandNishi0.711178TOTAL 2.128227
[edit] History

During World War II (1939-1945), the islands were used by the Japanese as a manned weather station.
[edit] National Monument status

On January 6, 2009, President George W. Bush designated the Maug Islands as part of Marianas Trench Marine National Monument, protecting the area from commercial fishing and other exploitation.
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