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An atlas made by the Chinese State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping (中国国家测绘总局) in 1969 apparently referred to the overall group of islands by the Japanese name "Senkaku Guntō" (尖閣群島). The name of Uotsuri Island, the westernmost island in the group, was written in the Japanese name "Uotsuri-shima" (魚釣島). [34]
The islands are referred to as the Senkaku Islands (尖 閣 諸 島, Senkaku-shotō, variants: 尖閣群島 Senkaku-guntō [18] and 尖閣列島 Senkaku-rettō [19]) in Japanese. In mainland China, they are known as the Diaoyu Islands (Chinese: 钓鱼 岛; pinyin: Diàoyúdǎo) or more fully "Diaoyu Dao and its affiliated islands" (Chinese: 钓鱼 岛 及 其 附属 岛屿; pinyin ...
Mount Narahara (奈良原岳, Narahara-dake) is a mountain located on Uotsuri island of Senkaku Islands in Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan. [1] It is the highest point of the island. [ 2 ] It was named after Narahara Shigeru , the eighth governor of Okinawa Prefecture.
Uotsuri-jima: Senkaku Islands part of the Sakishima Islands part of the Ryukyu Islands: Administered by Japan, Claimed by China and the Republic of China: Upolu: Samoan Islands Samoa: Upper Grey Cloud Minnesota United States Upper Panther Arkansas United States Upper Twin: Ohio River, West Virginia United States Uréparapara: Banks Islands Vanuatu
Senkaku Jinja (尖閣神社) is a Shinto shrine located on Uotsuri-jima in the Senkaku Islands, Japan.The shrine is dedicated to Amaterasu.. The shrine was founded on April 20, 2000 and serves to pray for the safe passage of all boats through the Senkaku Islands and the East China Sea.
Japanese islands outlined. Japan is an island country of 14,125 islands, of which approximately 260 are inhabited. [1] [2] Japan is the third-largest island country in the world, behind Indonesia and Madagascar. [3]
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It is endemic to the Uotsuri-jima (Japanese: 魚釣島; hiragana: うおつりじま) of the disputed territory of Senkaku Islands, also known as the Diaoyutai Islands (Chinese: 釣魚台列嶼). It is most similar to the Insular mole (Mogera insularis) of Taiwan and mainland China. [2]