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Pagan Island is an island of the Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands

The Northern Mariana Islands , officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean....
 chain, located at , approximately 320 kilometers north of 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? ....
.

Pagan has an area of 47.23 kmē (18.24 sq mi), making it the fourth largest island of the Northern Marianas, and consists of two stratovolcano
Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, sometimes called a composite volcano, is a tall, Volcanic cone volcano with many layers of hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash....
es 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.

as inhabited during historical times, but a 1981 eruption forced the evacuation of its inhabitants.






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Pagan Island is an island of the Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands

The Northern Mariana Islands , officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean....
 chain, located at , approximately 320 kilometers north of 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? ....
.

Pagan has an area of 47.23 kmē (18.24 sq mi), making it the fourth largest island of the Northern Marianas, and consists of two stratovolcano
Stratovolcano

A stratovolcano, sometimes called a composite volcano, is a tall, Volcanic cone volcano with many layers of hardened lava, tephra, and volcanic ash....
es 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.

History and population

It was inhabited during historical times, but a 1981 eruption forced the evacuation of its inhabitants. The last U.S. census reported no residents as of April 1, 2000.

Like the other Northern Marianas, it changed hands from the Spanish (governed from Guam
Guam

Guam , officially the Territory of Guam, is an island in the western Pacific Ocean and is an organized, unincorporated insular area of the United States....
) to the German
German New Guinea

German New Guinea was a former Germany protectorate from 1884 to 1914, consisting of the northeastern part of New Guinea and several nearby island groups....
 colonial administration, to the Japanese
Empire of Japan

The Empire of Japan was a Japanese political entity that existed during the period from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until its defeat in World War II in 1945....
 occupation was first under League of Nations mandate
League of Nations mandate

A League of Nations mandate refers to a legal status for certain territories transferred from the control of one country to another following World War I, or the legal instruments that contained the terms for administering the territory on behalf of the League....
. After World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
, and the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 occupation, it remained part of the UN Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands until the granting of U.S. Commonwealth status. Politically, it 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...
.

Pagan Island was included during Operation Christmas Drop
Christmas Drop

Operation Christmas Drop is a tradition that serves as a training mission for the United States Air Force which started in 1952. Then, the aircrew of a WB-29 aircraft assigned to the 54th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, formerly assigned to Andersen Air Force Base in Guam, was flying a mission to the south of Guam over the Micronesian ato...
 2006. United States Air Force
United States Air Force

The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare branch of the Military of the United States and one of the uniformed services of the United States....
 C-130 aircrew observed cattle and a small cluster of buildings, including a grass airstrip, located on the island.