The Northern Marianas island of Alamagan is located north from Saipan and is 11.12 km² (4.295 sq mi) in area. The island's volcano
Volcano
A volcano is an opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or Crust , which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from below the surface.... (Bandeera Peak) has a large caldera
Caldera
A caldera is a cauldron-like volcano feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption such as the one at Yellowstone National Park.... at the summit. The volcano last erupted in 1917. The west side is cut by deep gorges covered with high savanna grass. The southeast side is a steep slope of bare lava. There are deep valleys with caves. Coconut palms grow on the gradual slopes.
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The Northern Marianas island of Alamagan is located north from Saipan and is 11.12 km² (4.295 sq mi) in area. The island's volcano
Volcano
A volcano is an opening, or rupture, in a planet's surface or Crust , which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from below the surface.... (Bandeera Peak) has a large caldera
Caldera
A caldera is a cauldron-like volcano feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption such as the one at Yellowstone National Park.... at the summit. The volcano last erupted in 1917. The west side is cut by deep gorges covered with high savanna grass. The southeast side is a steep slope of bare lava. There are deep valleys with caves. Coconut palms grow on the gradual slopes. Warm fresh water springs are located on the northern part of the west coast.
The Nightingale Reed-warbler is an endangered songbird of the Mariana Islands. The Chamorro name for the bird is ga`ga` karisu .The species is approximately 17 cm long, and is greyish olive-brown above with a pale-yellow underside.... Acrocephalus luscinia which presently can be found only here and on Saipan
Saipan
Saipan is the largest island and Capital of the United States Northern Mariana Islands , a chain of 15 tropical islands belonging to the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean with a total area of 115.39 km? .... and possibly Aguijan
Aguijan
Aguijan is a small bean-shaped coralline island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain situated 8 km southwest of Tinian, from which it is separated by the Tinian Channel.... .
Historically the island has been sporadically populated; as of late 2005 there were seven inhabitants on Alamagan. The 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
File:US-Census-2000Logo.svgThe Twenty-Second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the United States Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons Enumeration during the United States Census, 1990.... reported an official population of six persons. The island is part of the Northern Islands Municipality
Northern Islands Municipality
Northern Islands Municipality is one of the four main political divisions of the Northern Mariana Islands. It consists of a long string of the northernmost islands of the Northern Marianas, including Farallon de Pajaros, the Maug Islands, Asuncion Island, Agrihan, Pagan Island, Alamagan, Guguan, Zealandia Bank, Sarigan, Anatahan, and Faral... .
