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Pagan
Elevation: 570 meters (1,870 feet)
Coordinates:
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 approximately 48 square kilometers 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 reports no residents.

Stratovolcanoes | Active volcanoes | Volcanoes of the Northern Mariana Islands | Insular areas of the United States

Pagan (vulkaan) | Pagan (Noordelijke Marianen) | パガン島

 

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