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Command Ridge

Command Ridge is a heritage and remembrance site in inland Nauru, associated with the Japanese occupation during the Second World War. Artillery pieces, bunkers and a former communications centre remain there, within a landscape also shaped by phosphate mining.

Command Ridge
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The place

What makes it special

  • Artillery pieces and bunkers from the Japanese occupation.
  • Former communications centre.
  • Setting connected with Nauru’s mined interior.
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Profile updated: 13/09/2026