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Mount Alifan
Mount Alifan is a peak on the U.S. island territories of the United States, territory of Guam. It is located in Agat, Guam, Agat on the south-west of the island. Alifan is the highest point overseeing Agat Bay and was the site of fierce fighting during the Battle of Guam (1944), 1944 U.S. invasion of Guam after four years of Japanese occupation of Guam, Japanese occupation. The War in the Pacific National Historical Park owns a "Mt. Alifan Unit" but it is undeveloped. Ecology Mount Alifan and two adjacent peaks were once home to the Mount Alifan partula snail (''Mount Alifana partula, Partula salifana''), which was described in 1925, but was subsequently declared extinct by 1992. References Mountains of Guam Hågat, Guam {{Guam-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guam
Guam ( ; ) is an island that is an Territories of the United States, organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, Guam, Hagåtña, and the most populous village is Dededo. It is the List of extreme points of the United States#Westernmost points, westernmost point and territory of the United States, as measured from the geographic center of the United States, geographic center of the U.S. In Oceania, Guam is the largest and southernmost of the Mariana Islands and the largest island in Micronesia. As of 2022, its population was 168,801. Chamorros are its largest ethnic group, but a minority on the multiethnic island. The territory spans and has a population density of . Indigenous Guamanians are the Chamorro people, Chamorro, who are related to the Austronesian peoples, Austronesian peoples of the Malay Archipelago, the Philippines, Taiwanese indigenous peoples, Taiwan, and Polyne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micronesia
Micronesia (, ) is a subregion of Oceania, consisting of approximately 2,000 small islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. It has a close shared cultural history with three other island regions: Maritime Southeast Asia to the west, Polynesia to the east, and Melanesia to the south—as well as with the wider community of Austronesian peoples. The region has a tropical marine climate and is part of the Oceanian realm. It includes four main archipelagos—the Caroline Islands, the Gilbert Islands, the Mariana Islands, and the Marshall Islands — as well as numerous islands that are not part of any archipelago. Political control of areas within Micronesia varies depending on the island, and is distributed among six sovereign nations. Some of the Caroline Islands are part of the Republic of Palau and some are part of the Federated States of Micronesia (often shortened to "FSM" or "Micronesia"—not to be confused with the identical name for the overall region). The Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Territory
In the United States, a territory is any extent of region under the sovereign jurisdiction of the federal government of the United States, including all waters (around islands or continental tracts). The United States asserts sovereign rights for exploring, exploiting, conserving, and managing its territory. This extent of territory is all the area belonging to, and under the dominion of, the United States federal government (which includes tracts lying at a distance from the country) for administrative and other purposes. The United States total territory includes a subset of political divisions. Territory of the United States The United States' territory includes any geography under the control of the United States federal government. Various regions, districts, and divisions are under the supervision of the United States federal government. The United States' territory includes clearly defined geographical area and refers to an area of land, air, or sea under jurisdiction of U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on March 3, 1879, to study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The agency also makes maps of planets and moons, based on data from U.S. space probes. The sole scientific agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, USGS is a fact-finding research organization with no regulatory responsibility. It is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with major offices near Lakewood, Colorado; at the Denver Federal Center; and in NASA Research Park in California. In 2009, it employed about 8,670 people. The current motto of the USGS, in use since August 1997, is "science for a changing world". The agency's previous slogan, adopted on its hundredth anniversary, was "Earth Science in the Pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Territories Of The United States
Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions and dependent territory, dependent territories overseen by the federal government of the United States. The American territories differ from the U.S. states and Indian reservations in that they are not sovereignty, sovereign entities. In contrast, each state has a sovereignty separate from that of the federal government and each federally recognized Native American tribe possesses limited tribal sovereignty in the United States, tribal sovereignty as a "dependent sovereign nation". Territories are classified by #Incorporated vs. unincorporated territories, incorporation and whether they have an "organized" government established by an organic act passed by the United States Congress, Congress. American territories are under American sovereignty and may be treated as part of the U.S. ''proper'' in some ways and not others (i.e., territories belong to, but are not considered part of the U.S.). Unincorpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agat Bay
Agat Bay is a bay on the west coast of Guam. Its northern boundary is the Orote Peninsula, occupied entirely by Naval Base Guam, which itself lies within the village of Sånta Rita-Sumai. The bay stretches south along the coast of the village of Hågat (formerly, Agat) to Facpi Point. With a length of some seven kilometers, the bay stretches for nearly one fifth of the west coast of Guam. The Asan Invasion Beach of the 1944 Battle of Guam is commemorated by the Agat Unit of War in the Pacific National Historical Park, which spans surface and subsurface areas from Apaca Point to Bangi Point. The NRHP-listed Agat World War II Amtrac is submerged off Agat Cemetery. The northern part of the bay is protected by an offshore reef. Blue Hole, one of Guam's most popular scuba diving Scuba diving is a Diving mode, mode of underwater diving whereby divers use Scuba set, breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Guam (1944)
The Battle of Guam (21 July – 10 August 1944) was the American recapture of the Japanese occupation of Guam, Japanese-held island of Guam, a United States territory#Insular areas, U.S. territory in the Mariana Islands captured by Empire of Japan, the Japanese from the United States in the Battle of Guam (1941), First Battle of Guam in 1941 during the Pacific War, Pacific campaign of World War II. The battle was a critical component of Operation Forager. The recapture of Guam and the broader Mariana and Palau Islands campaign resulted in the destruction of much of Japan's naval air power and allowed the United States to establish large airbases from which it could bomb the Japanese archipelago, Japanese home islands with its new strategic bomber, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The Battle of Saipan, invasion of Saipan was scheduled for 15 June 1944, with landings on Guam tentatively set for just three days later, but the Battle of the Philippine Sea and stubborn resistance by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Occupation Of Guam
The Japanese occupation of Guam was the period in the history of Guam between 1941 and 1944 when Imperial Japanese forces occupied Guam during World War II. The island was renamed Ōmiya-Jima ('Great Shrine Island'). Events leading to the occupation The Battle of Guam in 1941 was an engagement during the Pacific War in World War II that took place on December 8, 1941, on Guam in the Mariana Islands between the Japanese and Allied forces. During the battle, the was scuttled after shooting down a Japanese plane. Naval Governor of Guam George McMillin surrendered to the Japanese forces around 7:00 a.m. on December 10, 1941, ceding control of the island. Life during the occupation During the occupation period, Chamorros were forced to endure the hardships of the military occupation. For the first four months, the island was controlled by army troops, who were housed in schools and government buildings in Agana. Specifically, Commander Hayashi Horace, who was one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War In The Pacific National Historical Park
The War in the Pacific National Historical Park is a multi-unit protected area in the United States territory of Guam, which was established in 1978 in honor of those who participated in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Uniquely among the National Park System, it honors the bravery and sacrifices of all those who participated in the Pacific Theater. During World War II, Guam was captured by the Japanese forces in 1941, occupied for four years, and liberated by the Americans in 1944. The park includes former battlefields, gun emplacements, trenches, caves, and historic structures. The Park was also featured on the Washington Quarter in 2019 as a part of the America the Beautiful Quarters Series. Components The T. Stell Newman Visitor Center is located in Santa Rita, outside the gate of Naval Base Guam. The front of the Center displays Ha. 62-76 Japanese Midget Attack Submarine, an NRHP-listed item. The Park Headquarters itself is located in Hagåtña. Other units a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partula Salifana
The Mount Alifan partula, scientific name ''Partula salifana'', was a species of air-breathing tree snail, an arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. Its shell was described as being a rich chestnut-brown color. This species was endemic to southwest Guam, only known to exist on Mount Alifan and two adjacent peaks. It was first discovered in 1920 by Henry Crampton, who described the species in the literature in 1925. The snail was again recorded after World War II, in 1945 by William Abbott, and in 1946 by Daniel B. Langford. However, a survey of Crampton's sites and surrounding areas in 1989 revealed empty shells but no live snails. A subsequent survey in 2021 again found no live snails. See also List of land snails of the Mariana Islands The following is a list of terrestrial snails found in the Mariana Islands. The general term for land snails in Chamorro is a''kaleha’.'' It has been estimated there are about 100 species of land snail on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
