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ByTheBay VOYAGER – Northern Mariana Island Pagan

ByTheBay VOYAGER - Northern Mariana Island Pagan [caption id="attachment_8887" align="aligncenter" width="300"] GinenMarianas.com Pagan Northern Mariana Islands[/caption]   Pagan is a volcanic island in the Mariana Islands archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, belonging to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. Formerly inhabited, the inhabitants were evacuated due to volcanic eruptions in 1981. Archaeological finds indicate that Pagan was settled from several centuries BC. The first European contact was in 1669, when the island was sighted by the Spanish...