Mount Alifan is a peak on the U.S. island

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Guam Guam ( ; ) is an island that is an Territories of the United States, organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean. Guam's capital is Hagåtña, Guam, Hagåtña, and the most ...

. It is located in Agat on the south-west of the island. Alifan is the highest point overseeing

Agat Bay Agat Bay is a bay on the west coast of Guam. Its northern boundary is the Orote Peninsula, occupied entirely by Naval Base Guam, which itself lies within the village of Sånta Rita-Sumai. The bay stretches south along the coast of the village of ...

and was the site of fierce fighting during the 1944 U.S. invasion of Guam after four years of Japanese occupation. The

War in the Pacific National Historical Park The War in the Pacific National Historical Park is a multi-unit protected area in the United States territory of Guam, which was established in 1978 in honor of those who participated in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Uniquely among the Na ...

owns a "Mt. Alifan Unit" but it is undeveloped.

Ecology

Mount Alifan and two adjacent peaks were once home to the Mount Alifan partula snail (''

Partula salifana The Mount Alifan partula, scientific name ''Partula salifana'', was a species of air-breathing tree snail, an arboreal pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Partulidae. Its shell was described as being a rich chestnut-brown color. This sp ...

''), which was described in 1925, but was subsequently declared extinct by 1992.

References

Mountains of Guam Hågat, Guam {{Guam-geo-stub