Landsat image of Farallon de Pajaros

Farallon de Pajaros (from Spanish Farallón de los pájaros, meaning Birds Rock), also known as Urracas (from Spanish Urracas, meaning Magpies), is the westernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain. It is also the westernmost point in the United States if you include insular areas and exclude International Date Line rules. (If you look at the Pacific Ocean as a whole, Farallon de Pajaros is the westermost point in the United States if you include insular areas. See Extreme Points of the United States for more information.) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... An insular area of the United States is a jurisdiction that is neither a part of one of the fifty states nor a part of the District of Columbia, the nations federal district. ... The up-to-date International Date Line around the 180. ... This is a list of the extreme points of the United States, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location in the country. ...

Farallon de Pajaros is uninhabited and is located at 20.5° N 144.9° E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=20.5_N_144.9_E_). Its highest point is 1,180 feet (360 m) above sea level. It is 1.2 miles in diameter, and it is a volcanic island that has had many eruptions. Some of its Northern Mariana Islands neighbors include Saipan and Tinian. A volcano is a geological landform (usually a mountain) where magma (rock of the earths interior made molten or liquid by high pressure and temperature) erupts through the surface of the planet. ... Saipan, Tinian & Aquijan > Click Me! Saipan is the largest island and capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands of the western Pacific Ocean, with a total area of 120 km² (46. ... Tinian is one of the three principal islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands. ...