Apra Harbor

Apra Harbor

▪ Guam
also called  Port Apra  

      port on the west coast of Guam, one of the Mariana Islands, northern Pacific Ocean. It is the best anchorage on the island and is located just west of Hagåtña (Agana). It is the port of entry and site of a U.S. naval base. The Apra Harbor complex includes a naval station, naval supply depot, public works centre, ship repair facility, and power plant. With about 2,400 feet (730 metres) of frontage for deepwater docking, it is a transshipment point for various Micronesian islands. The harbour, which is protected on the south by Orote Peninsula and on the north by Cabras Island and reefs, was the point of the Allied seaborne invasion of Guam (July 21, 1944) during World War II. It attained renewed importance as a base during the Vietnam War in the 1960s and '70s. A commercial port with facilities for handling containerized cargo was opened in the harbour in 1969. Pop. (2000) 3,347.

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