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Izu Islands. Coordinates: 34°44′N 139°24′E. Map of the Izu Islands. The Izu Islands (伊豆諸島, Izu-shotō) are a group of volcanic islands stretching south and east from the Izu Peninsula of Honshū, Japan. [1] Administratively, they form two towns and six villages; all part of Tokyo Prefecture. The largest is Izu Ōshima, usually ...
The name comes from the fact that there were the seven main inhabited islands in the Izu Islands during the Edo period: Izu Oshima, To-shima, Niijima, Kozushima, Miyakejima, Mikurajima, and Hachijojima. In fact, in addition to these seven islands, the Izu Islands have two other inhabited islands, Aogashima and Shikinejima, which have been ...
Izu Ōshima (伊豆大島, Izu-ōshima) is an inhabited volcanic island in the Izu archipelago in the Philippine Sea, off the coast of Honshu, Japan, 22 km (14 mi) east of the Izu Peninsula and 36 km (22 mi) southwest of Bōsō Peninsula. [1] As with the other islands in the Izu Island group, Izu Ōshima forms part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu ...
Izu-Torishima Island seen from the west, 2002. Tori-shima is located in the Philippine Sea approximately 600 km (373 mi) south of Tokyo and 76 km (47 mi) north of Lot's Wife. The roughly circular-shaped island is listed as a Class A active volcano by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The island is the above-water portion of a submarine volcano ...
Vegetation in the park ranges from species of mountainous trees to the subtropical vegetation of the Izu Islands. [1] [2] Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park was established on February 2, 1936, as Fuji-Hakone National Park, and is one of the first four national parks established in Japan. In 1950, the Izu islands were added to the park, a change ...
The Izu peninsula (伊豆半島, Izu-hantō) is a large mountainous peninsula with a deeply indented coastline to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshu, Japan. Formerly known as Izu Province, Izu peninsula is now a part of Shizuoka Prefecture. The peninsula has an area of 1,421.24 km 2 (548.74 sq mi) and its estimated ...
Population. 170 (January 2014) Aogashima (青ヶ島) is a volcanic island to the south of Japan in northernmost Micronesia. It is the southernmost and most isolated inhabited island of the Izu Islands. The islands border the northeast Philippine Sea and lie north of the Ogasawara Islands. [1][2] The island lies approximately 358 kilometres (222 ...
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