Kikai Island
is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Kikaijima
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- Kikaijima.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Kikaijima
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- Satsunan-Islands-Kagoshima-Japan.png
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- Amami Ōshima language
- Islands.location
- East China Sea
- Islands.archipelago
- Amami Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 56.93
- Islands.coastline_km
- 48.6
- Islands.elevation_m
- 214
- Islands.country
- Japan
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- Prefectures
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is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.
The island, in area, has a population of approximately 7,657 people. Administratively the island forms the town of Kikai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Much of the island is within the borders of the Amami Guntō Quasi-National Park.
On the map
2 mapped locations