Hegurajima
Sign in to save(anglicised as Hegura or Hekura) is a small island located in the Sea of Japan at the far north of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies approximately 47 km from the northern tip of Noto Peninsula, and is administratively part of Amamachi township within the city of Wajima. Hegurajima (literally helm-storehouse island) is approximately 2 km by 1 km in size and can easily be walked around in less than an hour.
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- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Japan
- Population
- 164
- Area
- 0.55
- Elevation
- 12.4
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time
- Body of water
- Sea of Japan
- Image
- Hegura island -13 (175815774).jpg
- Width
- 0.6
- Length
- 1.6
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- postal code
- 928-0072
- Commons category
- Hegurajima
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(anglicised as Hegura or Hekura) is a small island located in the Sea of Japan at the far north of Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It lies approximately 47 km from the northern tip of Noto Peninsula, and is administratively part of Amamachi township within the city of Wajima. Hegurajima (literally helm-storehouse island) is approximately 2 km by 1 km in size and can easily be walked around in less than an hour.
The island is made of andesite, with steep cliffs on its northern side, and a sandy beach on it southern side, which is used as a shelter by fishermen. The island had a population of 164 in the year 2000 census, which dropped to 110 people in the 2010 census; however, the actual number of full-time residents is considerably less.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hegurajima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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