Farallon de Pajaros

Farallón de Pájaros (from Spanish Farallón de los pájaros, meaning Birds´ Rock), also known as Urracas (from Spanish Urracas, meaning Magpies), is an uninhabited volcanic island, the northernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain.

Farallón de Pájaros has a land area of 2.55 km² (0.985 sq mi). It is 1.2 miles in diameter. The volcano at its centre has had many eruptions. Its Northern Mariana Islands neighbors include Saipan and Tinian. Its northern neighbor is South Iwo Jima of the Ogasawara Islands of Japan.

References

• "Farallón de Pájaros". Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0804-14=. 
• Horst Lehne and Christoph Gäbler: Über die Marianen. Lehne-Verlag, Wohldorf in Germany 1972.