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Suwanosejima is the second largest of the islands in the Tokara archipelago, and is located 21 kilometres (11 nmi) southwest from Nakanoshima.The highest elevation is Otake (御岳), with a height of 796 metres (2,612 ft) above sea level, which is the exposed cone of an active stratovolcano arising from the ocean floor.
Islands south of the Satsunan Islands are administered by Okinawa Prefecture. Its predecessor was the Ryukyu Kingdom, an independent nation until 1879. [3]Japan has de facto control over the disputed Senkaku Islands, claiming them as part of Ishigaki City in Okinawa Prefecture. [4]
Japanese islands outlined. Japan is an island country of 14,125 islands, of which approximately 260 are inhabited. [1] [2] Japan is the fourth-largest island country in the world, behind Australia, Indonesia, and Madagascar. [3] Japan is also the second-most-populous island country in the world, only behind Indonesia.
The Ryukyu Islands [note 1] (琉球列島, Ryūkyū-rettō), also known as the Nansei Islands (南西諸島, Nansei-shotō, lit."Southwest Islands") or the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧, Ryūkyū-ko), are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands (Ōsumi, Tokara and Amami) and Okinawa Prefecture (Daitō, Miyako ...
Japan has 14,125 [1] islands, approximately 430 islands are inhabited. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This list provides basic geographical data of the most prominent islands belonging to, or claimed by, Japan . List
Hawar Islands Bahrain: Suwanosejima: Tokara Islands part of the Satsunan Islands part of the Ryukyu Islands Japan Suwarrow: Cook Islands Cook Islands: Svartsjölandet: Lake Mälaren Sweden: Sveaborg: Gulf of Finland Finland: Sveta Neđelja: Adriatic Sea Montenegro: Sveti Andrija: Elaphiti Islands Croatia: Sveti Đorđe: Bay of Kotor Islands ...
1812, Awu in the Sangihe Islands, Dutch East Indies; 1813, Suwanosejima in the Ryukyu Islands; 1814, Mayon in the Philippines; These eruptions had built up a substantial amount of atmospheric dust, and thus temperatures fell worldwide as the airborne material blocked sunlight in the stratosphere. [12]
The Ogasawara Archipelago include the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands. Name Elevation (m) Elevation (ft) Coordinates Last eruption ... Suwanosejima: 799: 2621