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Map sucks[edit]

The map doesn't not provide much context, is too small to understand the relative size of the island compared to the rest of japan and surrounding territories. I mean, just look at it, it's a circle around a dot, and the second map is basically a circle in a random spot in the ocean. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Neuroelectronic (talk • contribs) 03:43, 8 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Also, Guam isn't the farthest west US territory, since it's located at longitude 144 EAST. Alaska has the US's farthest north, east, and west points.

Earthquakes and tectonic situation[edit]

Guam is actually not "on the western edge of the Pacific Plate" but rather on the Mariana Plate, a micro tectonic plate situated between the Philippine Sea Plate to the west and the Pacific plate to the east. Earthquakes originate in a subduction zone to the east of Guam where the Pacific Plate subducts under the Mariana Plate and the Philippine Sea Plate. The text has been corrected and a USGS ref added. Piperh (talk) 13:06, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Nor is it "the westernmost point...in the United States."[edit]

It is across the International Date Line from North America, and therefore the Easternmost point!— Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.71.146.77 (talk • contribs) 19:41, 28 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Any reason why we can't fix this or remove it? If you look at all the territory of the United States in a certain way, ignoring longitude and the IDL, then, yes, it is the westernmost land. But that's arbitrary. Going by longitude (a less arbitrary way of looking at things), it's far to the east. (But it is NOT the easternmost land because NMI is further east.) Unless you define your context, any discussion of "easternmost" and "westernmost" is arbitrary. Let's remove this description or clarify what it means. Holy (talk) 19:22, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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