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The Yonaguni Monument (Japanese: 与那国島海底地形, Hepburn: Yonaguni-jima Kaitei Chikei, lit. ' Yonaguni Island Submarine Topography '), also known as the Yonaguni (Island) Submarine Ruins (与那国（島）海底遺跡, Yonaguni(-jima) Kaitei Iseki), is a submerged rock formation off the coast of Yonaguni, the southernmost of the Ryukyu Islands, in Japan.
Yonaguni (Japanese: 与那国島, Hepburn: Yonaguni-jima, Yonaguni: Dunan-chima, older Juni-shima; [2] Yaeyama: Yunoon-zïma; Okinawan: Yunaguni-jima), one of the Yaeyama Islands, is the westernmost island of Japan, [3] lying 108 kilometers (58 nmi; 67 mi) from the east coast of Taiwan, between the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea.
Japan's Westernmost Point Monument Reverse side of Japan's Westernmost Point Monument. Yonaguni (与那国町, Yonaguni-chō, Yonaguni: ドゥナン, Dunan, older ジュニ, Juni; [1] Yaeyama: ユノーン, Yunōn; Okinawan: ユナグニ, Yunaguni) is a town located entirely on Yonaguni Island in Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
on Kohama Island: Asabishibana アサビシバナ(遊び岩) Asabishibana (asobi-iwa) Taketomi: on Kuroshima Island: Yonaguni horse 与那国馬 Yonaguni uma: Yonaguni: Irimaka large deigo Erythrina variegata 西真嘉大デイコ Irimaka ō-deigo: Yonaguni: Kubura Mittō wetlands 久部良ミットゥ湿地帯 Kubura mittō shitchitai ...
The cape is within the town of Yonaguni, Okinawa. [1] [2] [3] There is a lighthouse, an observation platform, and a monument titled "Monument of the Westernmost Point of Japan" (日本最西端の碑, Nihon Saiseitan no Ishibumi) on the cape. Tourists gather at the cape daily to see the final sunset in Japan. [3] [4] Monument for Japan's ...
The Yonaguni Monument, a rock formation along the south coast of Yonaguni Island. The south of Watase's Line is recognized by ecologists as a distinct subtropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion. The flora and fauna of the islands have much in common with Taiwan, the Philippines, and Southeast Asia, and are part of the Indomalayan realm. [54] [55]
The Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島 Yaeyama-rettō, also 八重山諸島 Yaeyama-shotō, Yaeyama: Yaima, Yonaguni: Daama, Okinawan: Yeema, Northern Ryukyuan: やへま Yapema) are an archipelago in the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and cover 591.46 square kilometres (228.36 sq mi). [1]
of uncertain date, but probably razed at the time of assimilation into the Ryūkyū Kingdom c.1500; finds include Chinese ceramics and fish bones; the view extends over the entire island [10 26°22′37″N 126°46′12″E / 26.37696201°N 126.77013595°E / 26.37696201; 126.77013595 ( Uegusuku Castle