The project was coordinated by the Northern Islands Mayor's office and the people there have radio contact with the mainland.

It is likely that it was previously visited in 1522 by the Spanish sailor Gonzalo de Vigo, a deserter from the Magellan expedition in 1521 and the first European castaway in the history of the Pacific.

During this time, a private firm, the Pagan Society, owned by a German and a Japanese partner, developed more coconut plantations.

Following World War II, it came under the control of the United States and was administered as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

In September 2009, Typhoon Choi-wan passed directly over Alamagan, destroying many of the island's trees and forcing the evacuation of the remaining residents to Saipan.

The months long project was coordinated by the mayor's office, and plans to have clean water and radio contact, and also to hopefully send more families there.

We are going to live there for a long time.... [10] In 2019, Rep. Sheila Babauta took an expedition by sea to the northern islands visiting Agriga, Alamagangan, and Pagan.

[14] In 2023, when an injured 30 year old had an emergency medical evacuation to Saipan from Alamagan, he was transported by sea aboard the USGC Cutter Oliver Henry.

There are deep valleys with caves, and there are fresh water springs on the northern part of the west coast.

[19] Two rare plants, Leptecophylla mariannensis, discovered by Japanese botanist Ryōzō Kanehira, and Psychotria hombroniana var.