Chugai' Pictograph Site
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| name = Chugai' Pictograph Site
| nrhp_type =
| image = ChugaiCaveTurtles.jpg
| caption = Pictograph depicting turtles
| nearest_city = Rota, Northern Mariana Islands
| coordinates = {{coord|14|9|12|N|145|16|3|E|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = Northern Mariana Islands
| map_label = {{PAGENAME}}
| architect OR builder =
| added = August 31, 1998
| area = less than one acre
| refnum = 98001066{{NRISref|version=2010a|refnum=98001066}}
}}
The Chugai' Pictograph Site is a prehistoric rock art site on the island of Rota in the Northern Mariana Islands. The rock art is located in a limestone cave on the southeastern side of the island, in the I'Chenchon Bird Sanctuary.{{cite web|url=http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/basch/uhnpscesu/htms/parkrota/pt7.htm|title=Reconnaissance Survey of Rota Island: Findings|publisher=National Park Service, via University of Hawaii|access-date=2015-04-11}} It consists of a large panel, {{convert|185|ft|m}} in length, of about 90 painted drawings, believed to be of late pre-contact origin. The site is accessed via a trail cut by the Japanese during the South Seas Mandate period.{{cite web|url=http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/basch/uhnpscesu/htms/parkrota/pt4.htm|title= Reconnaissance Survey of Rota Island: Resource Significance|publisher=National Park Service, via University of Hawaii|access-date=2015-04-11}}
The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
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{{National Register of Historic Places in the Northern Mariana Islands}}
Category:National Register of Historic Places in the Northern Mariana Islands
Category:Rota, Northern Mariana Islands
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