Cocos Island (Guam)

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Cocos Island
NASA satellite image of Cocos Island (center)
NASA satellite image of Cocos Island (center)
Waters Pacific Ocean
Archipelago Mariana Islands
Geographical location 13 ° 14 '10 "  N , 144 ° 38' 56"  E Coordinates: 13 ° 14 '10 "  N , 144 ° 38' 56"  E
Cocos Island (Guam) (Northern Mariana Islands)
Cocos Island (Guam)
length 1.6 km
width 300 m
surface 38.6 ha
Residents uninhabited
Nautical map of the Cocos Lagoon and Cocos Island
Nautical map of the Cocos Lagoon and Cocos Island

Cocos Island ( Chamorro : Islan Dåno ) is an uninhabited island in the Cocos Lagoon 1.6 km southwest of Guam . The 300 m wide and 1.6 km long island is the southernmost island of the Mariana Islands and has an area of ​​almost one square kilometer.

Guam with the offshore Cocos Island

history

The United States Coast Guard operated the LORAN Barrigada station on the island between 1944 and 1963 . The station's electrics and transformers have weathered over the years and have led to severe PCB pollution in the Cocos Lagoon, located between Guam and Cocos Island. The limit values ​​for PCBs in the water and the fish caught here are still significantly exceeded today.

tourism

There is a hotel complex for vacationers on the west side of Cocos Island.