Okinoerabujima
Sign in to save, 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
- Japan
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Prefectures
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Kagoshima Prefecture
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- District
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Ōshima District
- Islands.population
- 13,767
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Amami Islands
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Oshima District
- Population
- 14551
- Area
- 93.63
- Elevation
- 240
- Body of water
- East China Sea
- Image
- Yakomo beach.jpg
- Width
- 7
- Length
- 20
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- located in/on physical feature
- Pacific Ocean
- Commons category
- Okinoerabujima
- topic's main category
- Category:Okinoerabujima
- language used
- Okinoerabu
- native label
- 奄美大島
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Encyclopedic overview
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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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Okinoerabujima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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