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Asuncion Island : ウィキペディア英語版 | Asuncion Island
Asuncion (or Ascuncion) (from Spanish meaning "assumption") is the third northernmost island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain in the Pacific Ocean. The island is uninhabited. Asuncion is situated northwest of Agrihan and southeast of the Maug Islands. ==Geography== Asuncion is a densely forested island, roughly elliptical in shape, with a length of and a width of and an area of . The entire island is a massive stratovolcano which rises from the ocean floor to a height of above sea level, which last erupted in 1906. The volcano is asymmetrical, with steep northeast slopes terminating in high cliffs. The southwestern slopes are shallower and meet the sea in low cliffs. Coastlines are generally rocky. Vegetation includes Swordgrass ''(Miscanthus floridulus)'' grasslands on the upper slopes, forests of Coconut Palm ''(Cocos nucifera),'' with some '' Pandanus '' trees and Papaya ''(Carica papaya)'' on the lower slopes, along with native ''Pisonia.''
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