Kōzu-shima
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is a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea. The island is administered by Tōkyō and is located approximately northwest of the Miyake-jima and southwest of the Nii-jima. It is one of the Izu Seven Islands, a group of the seven northern islands of the Izu archipelago. Kōzushima is administratively part of Kōzushima Village (founded 1923), under Ōshima Subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis. , the island's population was 1,952. Kōzushima is within the boundaries of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Kōzu-shima
- Islands.image_name
- Landsat Kozushima Island.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Landsat image of Kōzu-shima
- Islands.map_image
- Map of Izu Islands.png
- Islands.native_name
- 神津島
- Islands.location
- Izu Islands
- Islands.archipelago
- Izu Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 18.48
- Islands.length_km
- 6
- Islands.width_km
- 4
- Islands.coastline_m
- 22000
- Islands.elevation_m
- 571
- Islands.country
- Japan
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Prefecture
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Tokyo
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Subprefecture
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Ōshima Subprefecture
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Village
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1914
- Area
- 18.24
- Elevation
- 574
- Image
- Kozushima Tako Bay 2005.jpg
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- Kozushima
- time of earliest written record
- 0840-00-00
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is a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea. The island is administered by Tōkyō and is located approximately northwest of the Miyake-jima and southwest of the Nii-jima. It is one of the Izu Seven Islands, a group of the seven northern islands of the Izu archipelago. Kōzushima is administratively part of Kōzushima Village (founded 1923), under Ōshima Subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis. , the island's population was 1,952. Kōzushima is within the boundaries of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
==Geology== Kōzu-shima is a compound volcanic island 6 km in length with a maximum width of 4 km. The island is formed from a cluster of eighteen lava domes, with rhyolite and pyroclastic ash deposits. The highest of these lava domes, , has a height of , and was last active in 838 AD per the ancient Japanese history Shoku Nihon Kōki. Compared with most of the other islands in the Izu archipelago, Kōzu-shima is relatively flat, with small eroded hills, and lacks the high coastal cliffs found on the other islands. Earthquake swarms have occurred at Kōzu-shima during the 20th century.
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