Kyūroku-jima
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is a group of islets in the Sea of Japan about west of the Japanese main island of Honshu. It is administered as part of the town of Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture and is the prefecture's westernmost point. The islets are the peaks of a submarine volcano.
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- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Fukaura
- Population
- 0
- Body of water
- Sea of Japan
- Image
- Kyuroku-jima island aerial photograph.JPG
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is a group of islets in the Sea of Japan about west of the Japanese main island of Honshu. It is administered as part of the town of Fukaura in Aomori Prefecture and is the prefecture's westernmost point. The islets are the peaks of a submarine volcano.
==Geography== Kyūroku-jima is located west of Honshu, and is Aomori Prefecture's westernmost point. The islets are the peaks of a submarine volcano.
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