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Tumon Bay is a bay in the United States territory of Guam, opening to the Philippine Sea.[1]

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  1. 32 relations: Acanthurus triostegus, Battle of Guam (1941), Bay, Carangidae, Cast net, Diego Luis de San Vitores, Ferdinand Magellan, Fringing reef, Goatfish, Government of Guam, Guam, Guam Department of Agriculture, Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, Marine protected area, Outrigger boat, Outrigger canoeing at the 1999 South Pacific Games, Pedro Calungsod, Pelagic fish, Personal watercraft, Philippine Sea, Rabbitfish, Sakman, Scuba diving, Snorkeling, South Seas Detachment, Spanish–Chamorro Wars, Stars and Stripes (newspaper), Tamuning, Guam, Tomitarō Horii, Tumon, Guam, Two Lovers Point, Villages of Guam.

  2. Bays of Guam
  3. Marine protected areas
  4. Protected areas of Guam

Acanthurus triostegus

Acanthurus triostegus, the convict surgeonfish, convict surgeon, convict tang or fiveband surgeonfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acanthuridae which includes the surgeonfishes, unicornfishes and tangs.

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Battle of Guam (1941)

The Battle of Guam was an engagement during the Pacific War in World War II, and took place from 8 December to 10 December 1941 on Guam in the Mariana Islands between Japan and the United States.

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Bay

A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay.

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Carangidae

The Carangidae are a family of ray-finned fish that includes the jacks, pompanos, jack mackerels, runners, trevallies, and scads.

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Cast net

A casting net, also called a throw net, is a net used for fishing.

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Diego Luis de San Vitores

Diego Luis de San Vitores, SJ (November 12, 1627 – April 2, 1672) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary who founded the first Catholic church on the island of Guam.

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Ferdinand Magellan

Ferdinand Magellan (1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer best known for having planned and led the 1519–22 Spanish expedition to the East Indies, which achieved the first circumnavigation of Earth in history.

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Fringing reef

A fringing reef is one of the three main types of coral reef.

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Goatfish

The goatfishes are fish of the family Mullidae, the only family in the order Mulliformes.

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Government of Guam

The Government of Guam (GovGuam) is a presidential representative democratic system, whereby the president is the head of state and the governor is head of government, and of a multi-party system.

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Guam

Guam (Guåhan) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean.

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Guam Department of Agriculture

The Guam Department of Agriculture is a government agency in the United States territory of Guam.

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Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) is an issue around the world.

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Marine protected area

Marine protected areas (MPAs) are protected areas of the world's seas, oceans, estuaries or in the US, the Great Lakes. Tumon Bay and Marine protected area are marine protected areas.

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Outrigger boat

Outrigger boats are various watercraft featuring one or more lateral support floats known as outriggers, which are fastened to one or both sides of the main hull.

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Outrigger canoeing at the 1999 South Pacific Games

Outrigger canoeing at the 1999 South Pacific Games was held from 5–10 June 1999 at Matapang Beach, Tumon Bay in Guam.

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Pedro Calungsod

Pedro Calungsod (Pedro Calúñgsod or archaically Pedro Calonsor; July 21, 1654 – April 2, 1672), also known as Peter Calungsod and Pedro Calonsor, was a Catholic Filipino-Visayan migrant, sacristan and missionary catechist who, along with the Spanish Jesuit missionary Diego Luis de San Vitores, suffered religious persecution and martyrdom in Guam for their missionary work in 1672.

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Pelagic fish

Pelagic fish live in the pelagic zone of ocean or lake waters—being neither close to the bottom nor near the shore—in contrast with demersal fish that live on or near the bottom, and reef fish that are associated with coral reefs.

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Personal watercraft

A personal watercraft (PWC), also called water scooter, is a primarily recreational watercraft that is designed to hold only a small number of occupants, who sit or stand on top of the craft, not within the craft as in a boat.

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Philippine Sea

The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean east of the Philippine Archipelago (hence the name) and the largest sea in the world, occupying an estimated surface area of.

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Rabbitfish

Rabbitfishes or spinefoots, genus Siganus, are perciform fishes in the family Siganidae.

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Sakman

Sakman, better known in western sources as flying proas, are traditional sailing outrigger boats of the Chamorro people of the Northern Marianas.

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Scuba diving

Scuba diving is a mode of underwater diving whereby divers use breathing equipment that is completely independent of a surface breathing gas supply, and therefore has a limited but variable endurance.

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Snorkeling

Snorkeling (British and Commonwealth English spelling: snorkelling) is the practice of swimming face down on or through a body of water while breathing the ambient air through a shaped tube called a snorkel, usually with swimming goggles or a diving mask, and swimfins.

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South Seas Detachment

The of the Imperial Japanese Army was a brigade-size force formed in 1941 to be the army unit used in the Japanese seizure of the South Pacific island groups of Wake, Guam and the Gilberts.

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Spanish–Chamorro Wars

The Spanish–Chamorro Wars, also known as the Chamorro Wars and the Spanish–Chamorro War, refer to the late seventeenth century unrest among the Chamorros of the Mariana Islands in the western Pacific Ocean against the colonial effort of Habsburg Spain.

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Stars and Stripes (newspaper)

Stars and Stripes is a daily American military newspaper reporting on matters concerning the members of the United States Armed Forces and their communities, with an emphasis on those serving outside the United States.

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Tamuning, Guam

Tamuning, also known as Tamuning-Tumon-Harmon (Tamuneng) is a village located on the western shore of the United States territory of Guam.

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Tomitarō Horii

was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II.

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Tumon, Guam

Tumon (Tomhom) is a district located on Tumon Bay along the northwest coast of the United States unincorporated territory of Guam.

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Two Lovers Point

Two Lovers Point (Chamorro: Puntan Dos Amåntes) is a prominent cape and seaside cliff in Tamuning, Guam, that overlooks northern Tumon Bay and the Philippine Sea.

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Villages of Guam

The United States territory of Guam is divided into nineteen municipalities, called villages.

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See also

Bays of Guam

Marine protected areas

Protected areas of Guam

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumon_Bay

Also known as Tumon Bay Marine Preserve, Tumon Bay Marine Preserve Area, Tumon Bay Preserve, Tumon Preserve.