Japanese air attacks on the Mariana Islands 27 in preparation for operations against Japan itself. The USAAF bases in the Mariana Islands were within range of a number of Japanese air bases in the Pacific. These included Wake Island to the east, Truk and the Gilbert and Marshall Islands to the southeast, Woleai to the south and Yap to the southwest. To the north the Japanese had air bases in the Nampo Shoto chain of islands and Bonin Islands, which included three airstrips on Iwo Jima. Several of the minor islands in the Mariana chain also remained in Japanese hands, and there were airfields on Rota and
Cerro Azul (Ecuador volcano) Cerro Azul (Ecuador volcano) Cerro Azul (Spanish: "Blue Hill") is a shield volcano on the south western part of Isabela Island in the Galápagos Islands. At a height of it is the second highest peak in the Galapagos and due to its topographic prominence of over it is categorised as an ultra. The volcano is one of the most active in the Galapagos, with the last eruption between May and June 2008. The Galapagos Islands are believed to be formed from a mantle plume which creates a hotspot of volcanic activity away from plate boundaries where islands then form above