Orote Peninsula
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The Orote Peninsula is a four kilometre-long peninsula jutting from the west coast of Guam
Guam
Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the western Pacific Ocean. It is one of five U.S. territories with an established civilian government. Guam is listed as one of 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories by the Special Committee on Decolonization of the United...

. It forms the southern coast of Apra Harbor
Apra Harbor
Apra Harbor is a deep-water port on the western side of Guam in the Mariana Islands. The harbor is formed by Orote Peninsula in the south and Cabras Island in the north. To the south, the harbor narrows and then widens again to form an inner harbor. The southern end of the harbor is the location...

, and its westernmost tip, Point Udall
Point Udall
Point Udall may refer to:*Point Udall , named after Mo Udall and regarded as the westernmost point of the United States*Point Udall , named after Stewart Udall and regarded as the easternmost point of the United States,...

, is also Guam's westernmost point. The south coast of Orote Peninsula meets the rest of the island at the long sweep of Agat Bay
Agat Bay
Agat Bay is a bay on the west coast of Guam. It is located immediately south of the Orote Peninsula, and stretches south past the village of Agat to Facpi Point. With a length of some seven kilometres, the bay stretches for nearly one fifth of the west coast of Guam...

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Orote Peninsula is the site of Naval Base Guam, and is also the location of the small settlement of Lockwood Terrace
Lockwood Terrace, Guam
Lockwood Terrace is a settlement on the island of Guam. It is located between Apra Harbor and Agat Bay on the Orote Peninsula....

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The peninsula was also featured in the epilogue of the hit TV Show Lost
Lost (TV series)
Lost is an American television series that originally aired on ABC from September 22, 2004 to May 23, 2010, consisting of six seasons. Lost is a drama series that follows the survivors of the crash of a commercial passenger jet flying between Sydney and Los Angeles, on a mysterious tropical island...

. A Dharma Initiative
DHARMA Initiative
The Dharma Initiative, also written DHARMA , was a fictional research project featured in the television series Lost. It was introduced in the second season episode "Orientation". In 2008, the Dharma Initiative website was launched. Dharma's interests were directly connected with fringe science...

station in charge of pallet drops of food to a mysterious island, was based on the peninsula.
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