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Lot's Wife (孀婦岩, Sōfu-iwa or Sōfugan, "Widow Rock") is a volcanic desert island located in the Philippine Sea approximately 650 kilometres (400 mi) south off the coast of Tokyo, at the southernmost tip of the Izu archipelago, Japan. Though only 0.01 km 2 in area, it reaches almost 100 meters in height.
Lot's wife (center) turned into a pillar of salt during Sodom's destruction (Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493). The story appears to be based in part on a folk legend explaining a geographic feature. [3] A pillar of salt named "Lot's wife" is located near the Dead Sea at Mount Sodom in Israel. [4]
Lot's Wife (crag), a volcanic, deserted island located in the Philippine Sea; Baltimore Beacon, known as "Lot's Wife", a stone beacon at the entrance to the harbour at Baltimore, County Cork, Ireland; Lot's Wife, a rock off the north coast of Gough Island, in the South Atlantic "Lot's Wife" pillar, Mount Sodom, Israel
Deserted islands between Aogashima and Ogasawara Islands, namely Bayonaise Rocks (Beyonēzu Retsugan), Smith Island (Sumisu-tō), Torishima, and Lot's Wife (Sōfu-iwa) do not belong to any municipality, because both Hachijō Town and Aogashima Village claim administrative rights.
Smith Island (Sumisu-tō) Tori-shima; Lot's Wife (Sōfu-iwa) Among the islands of the subprefecture, only Hachijōjima and Aogashima are inhabited. Demographics.
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Picture of 'Lot' and 'Lot's Wife'. Saint Helena has a rugged, volcanic terrain, with small scattered plateaus and plains, with the largest area of level ground on the island being Prosperous Bay Plain in the eastern arid area. The other islands of the group have a volcanic origin.