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The Legend of Uab Angaur is the birthplace of this story of a gi- and a couple of aircraft wrecks are still on Angaur. Old phos-
ant who fell, leading to the phate mines at the northwest corner of the island were begun
creation of the Palau Islands. by the Germans in 1909, taken over by Japanese in 1914 until
WWII, and closed by Americans in 1954. The mining site is now
ANGAUR Seven miles south of Peleliu at the southern end of a brackish lake with saltwater crocodiles. Indonesian monkeys
Palau’s barrier reef lies Angaur island. The northern shoreline also inhabit Angaur, having been introduced to the island by
spouts with numerous blowholes, while much of the island Germans, who used the little fellas to test the air within the
has fabulous beaches. The Americans invaded Red Beach in mines.
1944, making this another bloody battle site. WWII artifacts
