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Marianas - a chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521

Ladrone Islands, Mariana Islands

Federated States of Micronesia, Micronesia, TT - a country scattered over Micronesia with a constitutional government in free association with the United States; achieved independence in 1986

Northern Mariana Islands, Northern Marianas - a self-governing territory comprising all of the Mariana Islands except Guam

GU, Guam - the largest and southernmost island in the Marianas which is administered as a territory of the United States; it was ceded by Spain to the United States in 1898

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And the old moated grange at Compton, nestled close under the hillside, where twenty Marianas may have lived, with its bright water-lilies in the moat, and its yew walk, "the cloister walk," and its peerless terraced gardens.

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Every attraction on Saipan has its own special history: such as well-known Forbidden Island, the world's best deep diving Grotto Site, the best sunset observation point on Bird Island, strangely shaped Crocodile Island, and Mt Tapochau, the Marianas highest peak, and various historical memorial parks and museums.

Imperial Pacific Seizes Opportunity on US Saipan to Create an 'Ocean Miracle'

NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center (FLC) Yokosuka Site Marianas personnel, in coordination with Reservists and other logistics commands, provided logistics support to 12 U.S.

NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka Site Marianas Supports Exercise Valiant Shield 2018

President Donald Trump declared a disaster in the Marianas on Tuesday, and the Guam Daily Post reported that additional Federal Emergency Management Agency personnel, who had been on nearby Guam because of Mangkhut, would be deployed to the Marianas.

Extreme Category 5 Typhoon makes a devastating landfall in Northern Mariana Islands, a US territory

According to Consul General Marciano de Borja, the Philippine Consulate General in Agana is keeping in touch with Filipino leaders in Guam and the Northern Marianas, as well as the Guam Office of Civil Defense.

DFA monitoring Filipinos in Guam amid Mangkhut onslaught

The Philippine Consulate in Guam on Tuesday said it has not received any report of any Filipino in the entire Northern Marianas adversely affected by typhoon Mangkhut.

PH consulate in Guam says Filipino community safe from typhoon Mangkhut

Aviareps-which works closely with the Marianas Visitors Authority (MVA)-is positioning the Philippines to become a key partner of Saipan, Tinian and Rota in their push to become an emerging tourism destination among Asean-member countries.

PH-Marianas tie-up to boost tourism

Off the Marianas Islands, in a remote stretch of the Pacific Ocean, lies a deep trench.

How Polluted Is The Mariana Trench?

New Delhi, Apr.3 ( ANI ): Hollywood director James Cameron of "Titanic" and "Avatar" after diving in the Mariana Trench or Marianas Trench, which is the deepest part of the world's oceans, and located in the western Pacific Ocean, supports views on the technical details related to the trench, oceanic life and the need to save environment as well as mother Earth, as conveyed in the book "Luv U Mate" by Indian author Dr Punit Sethi.

Hollywood director Cameron endorses 'Luv U Mate' author's views on Mariana Trench