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Kanmurijima
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is an island in the Sea of Japan administered under Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture. It is about 2 km from Kutsujima, a similar smaller island. is located just midway between islands. A breeding ground for streaked shearwaters, the island was designated a Japanese natural monument (天然記念物, tennen-kinenbutsu) in 1924. It has also been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International. Currently, the island is designated as Kanmurijima-Kutsujima wildlife protection area and any landing is prohibited. A recreational diving service is available though.
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The entry is geolocated on the map in isle, across 2 mapped points.
It sits within the topics Important Bird Areas of Japan, Islands of Kyoto Prefecture and Islands of the Sea of Japan.
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- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- No
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Maizuru
- Area
- 0.223
- Body of water
- Wakasa Bay
- Image
- Amanohashidate (4573550742).jpg
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is an island in the Sea of Japan administered under Maizuru in Kyoto Prefecture. It is about 2 km from Kutsujima, a similar smaller island. is located just midway between islands. A breeding ground for streaked shearwaters, the island was designated a Japanese natural monument (天然記念物, tennen-kinenbutsu) in 1924. It has also been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International. Currently, the island is designated as Kanmurijima-Kutsujima wildlife protection area and any landing is prohibited. A recreational diving service is available though.
thumb|left|View of Amanohashidate|Ama-no-Hashidate by Sesshū Tōyō. On the right, torii of [[Kono Shrine is seen. On extreme right, Kammurijima and Kutsujima are also painted]]
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kanmurijima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations