Nimitz Hill Annex is a community and

census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a Place (United States Census Bureau), concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counte ...

(CDP) in

Asan-Maina, Guam Asan-Maina () is a Villages of Guam, village located on the western shore of the United States territory of Guam. The municipality combines the names of the coastal community of Asan, Guam, Asan with Maina, Guam, Maina, a community along the slopes ...

. It contains the geographic feature of Nimitz Hill, and is located immediately northeast of the Nimitz Hill CDP in

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. In normal conversation, the Nimitz Hill CDP and Nimitz Hill Annex CDP are often collectively referred to as "Nimitz Hill."

Geography

Nimitz Hill Annex is located in the hills above the

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shoreline, in particular the 1944 Liberation of Guam's

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. It is located largely along Guam Highway 6, known as Halsey Drive as it passes through the CDP. It is bounded to the north by the Asan Inland Unit of

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, to the northeast by Asan's Maina community in the Fonte River valley, to the west by the adjacent Nimitz Hill CDP across the village boundary in

, and to the south by the Fonte River and uninhabited inland highlands. The Annex includes a military reservation, also named Nimitz Hill, with housing for senior U.S. military officers on Guam. The headquarters building for

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/ Naval Forces Marianas and the NAVFAC Marianas building are nearby, close to the actual peak of Nimitz Hill. The Fonte Plateau Unit of

is located in the southeast of the community. The Asan Bay Overlook of the Park's Asan Inland Unit, with its memorials, is accessed through Nimitz Hill Annex. The Libugon Viewpoint, near the eastern boundary of the CDP, offers views over Maina and

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to Agana Bay. The NRHP-listed Fonte River Dam, often used as a water recreation area, is located in the southeast of Nimitz Hill Annex. The transmitter for

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WXM85, programmed by NWS Tiyan, is located here.

History

Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet

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briefly made his headquarters at the Japanese naval communications center at Fonte Plateau in January 1945. The

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was established at Nimitz Hill in 1959, but

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destroyed the center in 1962. After being rebuilt in 1965, it remained until January 1, 1999, when the center was moved to

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following the

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legislation of 1995. Nimitz Hill is also home to former United States Naval family housing. On August 6, 1997

Korean Air Flight 801 Korean Air Flight 801 (KE801, KAL801) was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Korean Air, from Gimpo International Airport, Seoul to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam. On August 6, 1997, the Boeing 747-300 operatin ...

crashed immediately south of the Nimitz Hill Annex area.

Education

In regards to the

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(DoDEA), Nimitz Hill is in the school transportation zone for McCool Elementary and McCool Middle School, while Guam High School is the island's sole DoDEA high school. Non-DoDEA public schools are operated by the

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References

United States Navy Census-designated places in Guam Asan-Maina, Guam {{Guam-geo-stub