Point Udall
Point Udall, also called Orote Point, is the westernmost point in the territorial United States, located on the Orote Peninsula of Guam. It lies at the mouth of Apra Harbor, on the end of Orote Peninsula, opposite the Glass Breakwater of Cabras Island which forms the northern coast of the harbor.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Cape
- Description: named after Mo Udall and regarded as the westernmost point of the United States
- Also known as: “Orote Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Orote Field and SMS Cormoran.
Orote Field
Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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.
Tokai Maru
Photo: Foxegurl266, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hågat.
Hågat
Village
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.
Point Udall
- Categories: architectural landmark, point, and landform
- Location: Santa Rita Municipality, Guam, Micronesia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
13.446° or 13° 26′ 45″ northLongitude
144.6191° or 144° 37′ 9″ eastElevation
118 feet (36 metres)Open location code
7R56CJW9+9JOpenStreetMap ID
node 358671652OpenStreetMap feature
natural=capeWikidata ID
Q441128
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Point Udall” goes by many names.
- German: “Point Udall”
- German: “Udall Point”
- Japanese: “オロテ・ポイント”
- Japanese: “オロテ岬”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Point Udall”
- Russian: “Ороте-Пойнт”
- Russian: “Юдалл-Пойнт”
- Spanish: “Punta Orote”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Orote Island and Adotgan Point.
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