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Zealandia Bank (chamorro Papaungan, which means sunken) is the name given to two rocky pinnacles, and the submarine volcano they rise from, in the Northern Mariana Islands chain situated 11 miles NNE of Sarigan. These two pinnacles are 1/2 mile apart from each other; one reaches more than a meter above sea level at low tide. Due to their small size, Zealandia Bank is not often depicted on maps of the Northern Mariana Islands.

The bank was named in 1858 after the British barque Zealandia. It had also been called Piedras de Torres or Farallon de Torres.^{http://gaebler.info/sonstiges/marianen.htm#zealandia}.

References

"Zealandia Bank". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution.

External links

16°45′N 145°42′E / 16.750°N 145.700°E / 16.750; 145.700

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-'''Zealandia Bank''' ([[chamorro]] ''Papaungan'', which means sunken) is the name given to two rocky pinnacles, and the [[submarine volcano]] they rise from, in the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] chain situated 11 miles NNE of [[Sarigan]]. These two pinnacles are 1/2 mile apart from each other; one reaches more than a meter above sea level at low tide. Due to their small size, Zealandia Bank is not often depicted on maps of the Northern Mariana Islands.
+'''Zealandia Bank''' ([[Chamorro language|chamorro]] ''Papaungan'', which means sunken) is the name given to two rocky pinnacles, and the [[submarine volcano]] they rise from, in the [[Northern Mariana Islands]] chain situated 11 miles NNE of [[Sarigan]]. These two pinnacles are 1/2 mile apart from each other; one reaches more than a meter above sea level at low tide. Due to their small size, Zealandia Bank is not often depicted on maps of the Northern Mariana Islands.
 The bank was named in 1858 after the British barque ''Zealandia''. It had also been called Piedras de Torres or Farallon de Torres.<sup>http://gaebler.info/sonstiges/marianen.htm#zealandia</sup>.