- Location
- Bordering the Pacific Ocean and East China Sea , southwest of mainland Japan and east of Taiwan
- Archipelago
- Yaeyama Islands
- Area
- 289.27 km (111.69 sq mi)
- Coastline
- 130.0 km (80.78 mi)
- Highest elevation
- 469.5 m (1540.4 ft)
- Highest point
- Mt. Komi ( 古見岳 , Komi-dake )
- Prefecture
- Okinawa Prefecture
- Town
- Taketomi, Okinawa
- Population
- 2,347 (2005)
- Ethnic groups
- Ryukyuan , Japanese
- Part of
- Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
- Criteria
- Natural: x