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is a Japanese island in the Inland Sea. Administratively, it forms part of the city of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture.

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is a Japanese island in the Inland Sea. Administratively, it forms part of the city of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture.

==Geography== Kurushima is situated some off the coast of Shikoku's Takanawa Peninsula at the entrance to in Imabari. The island has a coastline of approximately and a surface area of . It is a natural fortress with cliffs to the north shaped by the fast currents (some to ) and rocks below; there is a settlement on the flatter land to the south, around a small bay. To the east, the are spanned by the Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge, while the island is protected as part of Setonaikai National Park.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kurushima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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