Sumay Cemetery

The Sumay Cemetery is a historic cemetery at the junction of Sumay Drive and Guam Highway 1 on the grounds of Naval Base Guam, located on the west side of the United States territory of Guam.

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Type: Cemetery
Description: historic cemetery on Guam
Also known as: “old Sumay Village Cemetery pre-WW2”, “Sumay Cemetary”, and “US National Register of Historic Places”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Orote Field and SMS Cormoran.

Orote Field

Aerodrome

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Orote Field is a former air base in the United States territory of Guam built by the Empire of Japan with Chamorro forced labor during the Japanese occupation of Guam.

SMS Cormoran or SMS Cormoran II was a German armed merchant raider that was originally a German-built Russian merchant vessel named Ryazan. The ship was active in the Pacific Ocean during World War I. SMS Cormoran is situated 1½ miles north of Sumay Cemetery.

Tokai Maru

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Tokai Maru was a Japanese passenger-cargo ship built by the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard that was sunk in Apra Harbor, Guam, in 1943, during World War II. Tokai Maru is situated 1½ miles north of Sumay Cemetery.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hågat and Asan.

Hågat

Village

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Hågat is a village in the United States territory of Guam. It is located south of Apra Harbor on the island's western shore. The village's population has decreased since the island's 2010 census. Hågat is situated 3½ miles south of Sumay Cemetery.

Asan

Village

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Asan is a community and census-designated place along the western coast of the U.S. territory of Guam. Asan, along with Maina and Nimitz Hill Annex, are the three communities in the village of Asan-Maina. Asan is situated 5 miles northeast of Sumay Cemetery.

Sumay Cemetery

Categories: historic site and burial
Location: Santa Rita Municipality, Guam, Micronesia, Oceania
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Latitude

13.43599° or 13° 26′ 10″ north

Longitude

144.65425° or 144° 39′ 15″ east

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Inception

~1900

Open location code

7R56CMP3+9M

OpenStreetMap ID

way 53542711

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=grave_yard

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=cemetery

GeoNames ID

4038610

Wikidata ID

Q22919959

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In Other Languages

“Sumay Cemetery” goes by many names.

Spanish: “Cementerio Sumay”

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