Asuncion Island
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island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain in the Pacific Ocean
Key facts
- Location
- Pacific Ocean
- Coordinates
- 19°41′33″N 145°24′13″E / 19.69250°N 145.40361°E / 19.69250; 145.40361
- Archipelago
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Area
- 7.86 km (3.03 sq mi)
- Length
- 3.3 km (2.05 mi)
- Width
- 3 km (1.9 mi)
- Highest elevation
- 857 m (2812 ft)
- Highest point
- Mount Asuncion
- Commonwealth
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Population
- 0 (2010)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Country
- United States
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 7.9
- Elevation
- 891
- Time zone
- UTC+10:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Image
- NOAA Asuncion Island Benthic Map.png
- Width
- 3
- Length
- 3.3
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- Commons category
- Asuncion Island
- located in/on physical feature
- Mariana Islands
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Encyclopedic overview
Asuncion (from Spanish meaning "assumption" in reference to the Spanish explorers belief in the "Assumption" of the Holy Virgin Mary) is an island in the Mariana Islands chain in the Pacific Ocean. The island is uninhabited. Asuncion is situated 101 kilometers (63 mi; 55 nmi) northwest of Agrihan and 37 km (23 mi; 20 nmi) southeast of the Maug Islands. The island is part of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Asuncion Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.