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Okinotorishima (沖ノ鳥島, Okinotori-shima), or Parece Vela, is a coral reef, geologically an atoll, with two rocks enlarged with tetrapod-cement structures. It is administered by Japan with a total shoal area of 8,482 m 2 (2.10 acres) and land area 9.44 m 2 (101.6 sq ft). [ 1 ]
Yasuhiro Nakanishi, Ground Water Conservation in a sub-tropical coral island, 2002, Miyako Groundwater Conservation Council. Masaji Nakasone, Miyako Fudoki 1988, Hirugisha. Naha. Akira Tokuyama,Culture of Water in Miyakojima 2008, In second series of Nature and Culture of Miyakojima pp 99. ISBN 978-4-89982-135-9.
Okinawa Island (Japanese: 沖縄島, Hepburn: Okinawa-jima, Okinawan: 沖縄 / うちなー, romanized: Uchinā, [4] Kunigami: ふちなー, romanized: Fuchináa), officially Okinawa Main Island (沖縄本島, Okinawa-hontō), [5] is the largest of the Okinawa Islands and the Ryukyu (Nansei) Islands of Japan in the Kyushu region.
Izena Island (Okinawan: イジナ, romanized: Ijina) (Japanese: 伊是名島 Izena-jima) is located in the East China Sea, north-west of Okinawa Island, in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. The island has a diameter of about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) and is surrounded by coral reefs, blue sea, and white beaches. It is administered as Izena Village. The ...
Healthy coral reefs, with a rich diversity of sea life, make the area a treasure trove for marine scientists, divers and snorkelers. Day trippers and locals boarding the return ferry from Aka-jima to Okinawa. In 1988 Akajima Marine Science Laboratory (AMSL) was established under the auspices of the Japanese Science and Technology Agency.
The cliff at Cape Manzamo. Cape Manzamo (万座毛, Manzamou lit. "a field for 10,000 people to sit" [1]) is a scenic rock formation on Okinawa Island, Japan.It is located near Onna Village (恩納村 Onna-son, Okinawan: Unna) in the Kunigami District of Okinawa Prefecture.
Naha, Okinawa, is 408 kilometres (220 nmi) to the northwest. As with the other islands in the archipelago, Okidaitōjima is an uplifted coral atoll with a steep coastal cliff of limestone (the former fringing coral reef of the island), and a depressed center (the former lagoon of the island). The island is roughly triangular in shape, with a ...
The Daitō Islands (大東諸島, Daitō-shotō) are an archipelago consisting of three isolated coral islands, administered by Japan, in the Philippine Sea southeast of Okinawa. The islands have a total area of 44.427 square kilometers (17.153 sq mi) and a population of 2,107. [1]