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GUAM LIES AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS CHAIN
IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC & COVERS AN AREA OF APPROX 549 SQ.KM.
AND IS THE LARGEST ISLAND OF THE MARIANAS ARCHIPELAGO.
SOUTHERN GUAM IS MADE UP OF VOLCANIC HILLS RANGING IN
ALTITUDE UP TO 450M, CUT BY RIVERS AND HIGH WATERFALLS.
THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PART OF THE ISLAND CONSISTS
MAINLY OF A LIMESTONE PLATEAU WITH STEEP CLIFFS ABOVE THE
OCEAN. THE PLATEAU IS COVERED WITH A THICK GROWTH OF THE
JUNGLE AND THE VOLCANIC HILLS ARE MAINLY SWORD GRASS.
THE BEACHES ARE LINED WITH COCONUT PALMS. A CORAL REEF
EXTENDS MOST OF THE WAY AROUND THE ISLAND. |
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