Farallon de Pajaros (from Spanish Farallón de los pájaros, meaning Birds Rock), also known as Urracas (from Spanish Urracas, meaning Magpies), is an uninhabited volcanic island, the northernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain.
Farallon de Pajaros has a land area of 2.55 km² (0.985 sq
mi). It is 1.2 miles in diameter. The volcano at its centre has had
many eruptions. Its Northern Mariana Islands neighbors include
Saipan and Tinian. Its northern
neighbor is South Iwo Jima of the Ogasawara Islands of Japan.
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