Okinoerabujima

, also known as Okinoerabu, is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.

Key facts

Islands.name: Okinoerabujima
Islands.image_name: Amami okinoerabu.jpg
Islands.image_caption: Aerial view of the island (2013)
Islands.map_image: Satsunan-Islands-Kagoshima-Japan.png
Islands.location: East China Sea
Islands.archipelago: Amami Islands
Islands.area_km2: 93.63
Islands.length_km: 20
Islands.width_km: 7
Islands.coastline_km: 50
Islands.highest_mount: Ōyama
Islands.elevation_m: 246
Islands.country

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, also known as Okinoerabu, is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.

The island, 93.63 km2 in area, has a population of approximately 14,000 persons. Administratively it is divided into the towns of Wadomari and China in Kagoshima Prefecture. Much of the island is within the borders of the Amami Guntō National Park.