Ōyano Island
Sign in to saveAlso known as Oyano Island, Ōyano-jima, Oyano-jima
, also spelt as Ōyanojima It is administered as part of the city of Kami-Amakusa. It is connected to the Japanese mainland since 1966 by Five Bridges of Amakusa. The Japan National Route 266 passes through the island. The island primary industry is aquaculture of fish and shrimps. Large part of island belongs to Unzen-Amakusa National Park.
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- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Amakusa island group
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Kamiamakusa
- Area
- 29.88
- Body of water
- Shimabara Bay
- Image
- Oyano-island01.jpg
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- Ōyanojima
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, also spelt as Ōyanojima It is administered as part of the city of Kami-Amakusa. It is connected to the Japanese mainland since 1966 by Five Bridges of Amakusa. The Japan National Route 266 passes through the island. The island primary industry is aquaculture of fish and shrimps. Large part of island belongs to Unzen-Amakusa National Park.
==Geography== Ōyano-jima is an irregular shape, with a ragged, elongated outline oriented at north-south axis. The highest mount is which stands at 229 m. Ōyano-jima is the third largest island in the Amakusa group lying west of Kyushu, Japan. It is a northernmost island in the archipelago and serves as a gateway to entire Amakusa.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ōyano Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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