Tinian Island
Tinian is one of the Northern Mariana Islands in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States of America. It is just south of Saipan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tinian International Airport and West Field.
Tinian International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tinian International Airport, also known as West Tinian Airport, is a public airport located on Tinian Island in the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
West Field
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
West Field is a former World War II airfield on Tinian in the Mariana Islands. Today, West Field is used as the civilian Tinian International Airport. West Field at Tinian Naval Base was a base for Twentieth Air Force B-29 Superfortress operations against the Japanese Home Islands in 1944–45 and the base for the B-29 Superfortress 58th Bombardment Wing.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include San Jose.
San Jose
Town
San Jose is the largest village on the island of Tinian, in the Northern Mariana Islands. It is located on the south coast of the island, close to the island's main harbor and three beaches: Kammer Beach, Taga Beach, and Tachogña Beach. San Jose is situated 3½ miles south of Tinian Island.
Tinian Island
- Type: Island
- Also known as: “Bona Vista”, “Bonavista”, “Buena Vista Mariana”, “Buenavista”, “FALSEHOOD WW2”, “Ile de Bonavista”, “Insula Tinian”, “Island of Tinian”, “Tanian”, “TATTERSALLS WW2”, “Tearaway”, “Tenian”, “Tenian Island”, “Tenian-to”, “Tinean”, “Tinian”, “Tinian Insel”, “Tinianion”, “Uplifted Coral Limestone Island”, and “Zinian”
- Category: landform
- Location: Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia, Oceania
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Latitude
15.01756° or 15° 1′ 3″ northLongitude
145.62731° or 145° 37′ 38″ eastPopulation
3,140Elevation
614 feet (187 metres)IATA airport code
TIQOpen location code
7R772J9G+2WGeoNames ID
4041647
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Tinian Island” goes by many names.
- Carolinian: “Tchuluyol”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Marpo Heights Hamlet and JP Tinian Town pre-WW2.
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