Mount Tapochau

Mount Tapochau is the highest point on the island of Saipan in the . It is located in the center of the island, north of San Vicente village and northwest of Magicienne Bay.
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,555 feet
  • Description: highest point on the island of Saipan
  • Also known as: “Monte Tapochao”, “Mount Tapochao”, “Mt. Tapochau”, “Гора Тапочау”, “Маунт-Тапочау”, “마운트 타포차우”, “タッポーチョ山”, “タポーチョ山”, “マウント・タポチョ”, and “塔格波查峰”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sugar King Park and Saipan Botanical Garden.

Park
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
is a municipal park located in Garapan, Saipan, across from the . The park was named in honor of the "Sugar King" Haruji Matsue, director of the South Seas Development Company.

Park
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is a park.

Lighthouse
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is an old lighthouse situated atop Navy Hill in Garapan, Saipan, in the . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capitol Hill and Kagman.

Village
Photo: あばさー, Public domain.
is a settlement on the island of Saipan in the . It has a population of around 1,000. has been the territory's seat of government since 1962.

Suburb
is a settlement on the island of Saipan in the .

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is a settlement on the island of Saipan in the .

Mount Tapochau

Latitude
15.1862° or 15° 11′ 10″ north
Longitude
145.7437° or 145° 44′ 38″ east
Elevation
1,555 feet (474 metres)
Open location code
7R775PPV+FF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1306334736
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Wiki­data ID
Q3274817
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Vietnamese—“Mount Tapochau” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Mount Tapochau”
  • Arabic: “جبل تاپوتشاو”
  • Bengali: “মাউন্ট তাপোচাউ”
  • Central Okinawan: “タポチョ山”
  • Chinese: “塔波查山”
  • Czech: “Hora Tapočau”
  • Dutch: “Mount Tapochau”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبل مونت تاپوتشاو”
  • German: “Mount Tapochau”
  • Hausa: “Dutsen Tapochau”
  • Italian: “Monte Tapochau”
  • Japanese: “タポチョ山”
  • Kadazan Dusun: “Gunung Berapi Tapochau”
  • Korean: “타포차우산”
  • Ladin: “Mount Tapochau”
  • Malay: “Gunung Berapi Tapochau”
  • Russian: “Тапочау”
  • Russian: “Тапочо”
  • Spanish: “Monte Tapochau”
  • Swiss German: “Mount Tapochau”
  • Ukrainian: “Тапочау”
  • Vietnamese: “Núi Tapochau”
  • “Mount Tapochau”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Papago and As Falipe.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Takpochao Ridge North and Bo’bo‘ Papago’.

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