Suicide Cliff is a cliff above Marpi Point Field near the northern tip of Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, which achieved historic significance late in World War II.
Also known as Laderan Banadero, it is a location where Japanese civilians and Imperial Japanese Army soldiers took their own lives by jumping to their deaths in July 1944 in order to avoid capture by the United States.
[4][5] By 1976, a park and peace memorial was in place and the location had become a pilgrimage destination, particularly for visitors from Japan.
[6] In that year, nine acres (3.6 ha) of the site were listed on the US National Register of Historic Places.
[7] This article about a property in the Northern Mariana Islands on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.