Mariana Islands
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Name (Hebrew)
איי מריאנה
Name (Latin)
Mariana Islands
Other forms of name
Islas Marianas
Marianas
nne Ladrone Islands
Coordinates
145.75 145.75 16.13333333 16.13333333 (gooearth )
E1455019 E1455019 N0173555 N0173555 (geonames )
Associated country
Northern Mariana Islands
See Also From tracing place name
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Columbia gaz. of the world, 1998(s.v. Northern Mariana Islands; explored in 1521 by F. Magellan, who named them Ladrones Isls.; renamed Marianas by Span. Jesuits who arrived in 1668; possession of Spain until 1898; sold to Germany in 1899, except for Guam, which was ceded to U.S.; islands belonging to Germany seized by Japan in 1914 and mandated to Japan in 1920; included in U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1947)
- Encyc. Brit.(hdg.: Mariana Islands, 16°00ʹN 145°30ʹE)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(island; 17°35ʹ55ʺN 145°50ʹ19ʺE)
- Marche, A.-A. The Mariana Islands, 1982:t.p. (Mariana Islands)
- Encyc. Brit.(hdg.: Mariana Islands, 16p0s00ʹN 145p0s30ʹE)
- Web. geog. dict.(Mariana Islands or commonly Marianas; consists of Northern Mariana Islands and Guam; formerly known as Ladrone Islands)