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Japan's southernmost point on Hateruma island. The northernmost point that Japan claims lies on the disputed island of Iturup. Japan's claim to the three southernmost islands of the Kuril Islands is disputed by Russia, which de facto controls the islands. This list provides the northernmost point as claimed by Japan as well as the northernmost ...
Japan: Okino Torishima Island Ishigaki Island (southernmost inhabited point) Cape Sata (four main Islands) 20°25′N 24°44′N 30°59′N Bangladesh: Chera Dwip, St. Martin's Island border with Myanmar at Dakhinpara, Teknaf Upazila, Chittagong Division (mainland) 20°35′N 20°45′N Western Sahara: Cape Blanc (Ras Nouadibhou) 20°47′N ...
It is the southernmost inhabited island in Japan. It is one of the Yaeyama Islands, and is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of Iriomote-jima, the largest of the island group. [2] Hateruma, which is composed of corals, has 12.7 km 2 (4.9 sq mi) of area and approximately 600 inhabitants.
[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. According to a survey conducted by the Japan Coast Guard in 1987, the number of islands in Japan was 6,852. At that time, the survey only ...
The Japanese archipelago is relatively far away from the Asian continent. Kyushu is closest to the southernmost point of the Korean peninsula, with a distance of 190 km (120 mi), which is almost six times farther away than from England to France across the English Channel. Thus, historically, Kyushu was the gateway between Asia and Japan.
This is a list of Japan's major islands, traditional regions, and subregions, going from northeast to southwest. [13] [14] The eight traditional regions are marked in bold. Hokkaidō (the island and its archipelago) Honshū. Tōhoku region (northern part) Kantō region (eastern part) Nanpō Islands (part of Tokyo Metropolis) Chūbu region ...
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
1 Cities and settlements. 2 Geography. Toggle Geography subsection. 2.1 Islands. ... The southernmost point of Berkner Island is further south than any of these, ...