Mikura-jima
is an inhabited volcanic Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is administered by Tōkyō Metropolis and is located approximately south of Tokyo and south-southeast of Miyakejima. It is one of the Izu Seven Islands group of the seven northern islands of the Izu archipelago. Mikurashima is administratively part of Mikurashima Village under Miyake Subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis. , the island's population was 351. Mikura-shima is also within the boundaries of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Mikura-jima
- Islands.image_name
- View of Mikurajima from aircraft.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Mikura-shima
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- Map of Izu Islands.png
- Islands.native_name
- 御蔵島
- Islands.location
- Izu Islands
- Islands.archipelago
- Izu Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 20.58
- Islands.length_m
- 5900
- Islands.width_m
- 5500
- Islands.coastline_m
- 16920
- Islands.elevation_m
- 851
- Islands.country
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is an inhabited volcanic Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is administered by Tōkyō Metropolis and is located approximately south of Tokyo and south-southeast of Miyakejima. It is one of the Izu Seven Islands group of the seven northern islands of the Izu archipelago. Mikurashima is administratively part of Mikurashima Village under Miyake Subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis. , the island's population was 351. Mikura-shima is also within the boundaries of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
==History== The island has apparently been inhabited for thousands of years, but existing records only extend to the Edo period. Mikura, along with the rest of the Izu Islands, was designated as a place of exile during the Tokugawa shogunate, and up to 10% of current island residents are descendants of political exiles.
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