Hyoutanjima
Sign in to saveis an uninhabited island in the Geiyo Islands chain in the Seto Inland Sea, in Japan. The island is split between Hiroshima Prefecture and Ehime Prefecture at a point where it is wide, the country's shortest prefectural border.
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- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Geiyo Islands
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Japan
- Area
- 1.75763
- Body of water
- Seto Inland Sea
- Image
- Hyoutanzima.JPG
- Width
- 35
- Length
- 700
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- Hyoutanjima
- located in/on physical feature
- Seto Inland Sea
- heritage designation
- Registered Monument of Japan
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is an uninhabited island in the Geiyo Islands chain in the Seto Inland Sea, in Japan. The island is split between Hiroshima Prefecture and Ehime Prefecture at a point where it is wide, the country's shortest prefectural border.
==Etymology== The name literally translates to "calabash island", which refers to its shape.
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