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Pagan Island
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| Elevation: | 570 meters (1,870 feet) |
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| Location: | Northern Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean |
| Type: | Stratovolcano |
| Last eruption: | 1993 |
Pagan Island is an island of the Northern Mariana Islands chain, located at , approximately 320 kilometers north of Saipan. Pagan has an area of 47.23 km² (18.24 sq mi), the fourth largest island of the Northern Marianas, and consists of two stratovolcanoes joined by a narrow strip of land. The stratovolcano at the northeast end of the island, at , has an altitude of 570 m; the other, at the southwest end at , is 548 m high. It was inhabited during historical times, but a 1981 eruption forced the evacuation of its inhabitants. The 2000 census reported no residents. Politically it is part of the Northern Islands Municipality.
Pagan Island was included during Operation Christmas Drop 2006. United States Air Force C-130 aircrew observed cattle and a small cluster of buildings, including a grass airstrip, located on the island.
- Pascal Horst Lehne and Christoph Gäbler: Über die Marianen. Lehne-Verlag, Wohldorf in Germany 1972. and Pagan
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