THE GUAM SEAL : TWO LOVERS' POINT???

Design of the Guam Flag and Seal approved by Governor Roy Smith on July 4, 1917

I have heard and read that the cliff line seen in this Seal is Two Lovers' Point.  Puntan Dos Amåntes.  I have my doubts.

The little river or brook that you see flowing out to sea by the lone coconut tree was in Hagåtña, so the cliff line in the background is what can be seen from Hagåtña.  One cannot see Two Lovers' Point from Hagåtña.  The Oka peninsula blocks Hagåtña's view of Two Lovers' Point.  Otherwise, we'd be able to see all the Tumon hotels from Hagåtña.

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Oka Peninsula blocks Hagåtña's view of Two Lovers' Point

What can be seen from Hagåtña is the western cliff line of Guam, ending in Litekyan (Ritidian) Point.

From Hagåtña, the Oka Peninsula, with its condos, is visible, and less clear farther back is the western cliffline that ends in Litekyan (Ritidian).  Notice we cannot see Tumon or Two Lovers' Point.

Notice the difference in look between Litekyan (Ritidian), which is visible from Hagåtña, and Two Lovers' Point, which is blocked by Oka Point (where GMH is) in most of Hagåtña.

A modern version of the Seal whose cliff, due to its height in relation to the shore, looks more like Two Lovers' Point.

Just to mix it up even more...

a modern version of the Seal whose jagged hilltops don't look anything at all like the straight cliff lines of western Guam.

But this is another story...

But did you know that there is something historically wrong with the canoe in the Seal?