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Point Udall, also called Orote Point, is the westernmost point (by
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, not
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) in the
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, located on the Orote Peninsula of
Guam Guam (; ch, Guåhan ) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. It is the westernmost point and territory of the United States (reckoned from the geographic cent ...
. It lies at the mouth of
Apra Harbor Apra Harbor, also called Port Apra, is a deep-water port on the western side of the United States territory of Guam. It is considered one of the best natural ports in the Pacific Ocean. The harbor is bounded by Cabras Island and the Glass Breakwa ...
, on the end of Orote Peninsula, opposite the Glass Breakwater of
Cabras Island Cabras Island was historically a low-lying finger of land off the coast of Piti, Guam that formed part of the northern protective arm of Apra Harbor. Shortly after the 1944 Battle of Guam it was connected by a causeway to the mainland and exten ...
which forms the northern coast of the harbor. Many sources still call it Orote Point, such as the US Military's Orote Point Lanes bowling alley. The NRHP-listed Orote Historical Complex is located at the point.


Naming

The point is named for former
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congressman Morris "Mo" Udall. It was called Orote Point until it was renamed Point Udall in May 1987. Earlier that month, H.R. 2434, tabled by U.S. Congressman
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of
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, proposed renaming the point "to honor the service and accomplishments of Morris Udall."Bill text and articles
from the University of Arizona While the proposed resolution was referred to the House Subcommittee on Insular and International Affairs, the name was officially designated as Point Udall by
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Joseph Franklin Ada later that month. In 1968, the easternmost point in the United States, Point Udall,
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, had been named for Udall's brother, Stewart. In a 1987 statement in regards to H.R. 2434, Congressman Smith and Guam's nonvoting congressional delegate
Ben Blaz Vicente Tomás Garrido Blaz (February 14, 1928 – January 8, 2014), also known as Ben Blaz, was a Chamorro United States Marine Corps Brigadier General from the United States territory of Guam. Blaz served in the Marine Corps from 1951 until July ...
explained that "America's day would begin and end at a Point Udall." When Mo Udall died in 1998, President
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issued a statement saying in part "It is fitting that the easternmost point of the United States, in the Virgin Islands, and the westernmost point, in Guam, are both named 'Udall Point.' The Sun will never set on the legacy of Mo Udall." This was also noted in the
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by Rep. George Miller of California.


See also

* Extreme points of the United States * Udall family


References

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External links


Congressional resolution designating Udall Point, Guam
Landforms of Guam Headlands of Oceania Orote Peninsula