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}}

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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

Category:Rock art of Oceania

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