Suwanosejima
Sign in to savethumb|260px|Overall view of Suwanosejima. May, 2007. is one of the Tokara Islands, belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture. The island covers 27.66 km² in area and has a population of 84 people. Although the island has an airport, there are no regularly scheduled services, and access is normally by ferry to the city of Kagoshima on the mainland. The island is about nine hours by boat from the mainland. The islanders are dependent mainly on agriculture, fishing and seasonal tourism.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Suwanosejima
- Islands.image_name
- Suwanosejima.jpg
- Islands.map_image
- Tokara-eilanden.png
- Islands.location
- East China Sea
- Islands.archipelago
- Tokara Islands
- Islands.area_km2
- 27.66
- Islands.coastline_km
- 27.15
- Islands.highest_mount
- Otake
- Islands.last eruption
- ongoing (2025)
- Islands.elevation_m
- 796
- Islands.country
- Japan
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Kagoshima Prefecture
- Islands.population
- 84
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2025
- Islands.density_km2
- 3.03
- Islands.ethnic_groups
- Ryukyuan, Japanese
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- volcanic island
- Part of
- Tokara Islands
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Toshima
- Population
- 78
- Area
- 27.66
- Elevation
- 799
- Time zone
- Japan Standard Time
- Body of water
- East China Sea
- Image
- Suwanosejima from Ferry Toshima 20101211.jpg
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- Commons category
- Suwanosejima
- located in/on physical feature
- Pacific Ocean
- postal code
- 891-5203
- name in kana
- すわのせじま
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Eruptions
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|260px|Overall view of Suwanosejima. May, 2007. is one of the Tokara Islands, belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture. The island covers 27.66 km² in area and has a population of 84 people. Although the island has an airport, there are no regularly scheduled services, and access is normally by ferry to the city of Kagoshima on the mainland. The island is about nine hours by boat from the mainland. The islanders are dependent mainly on agriculture, fishing and seasonal tourism.
==Geography== Suwanosejima is the second largest of the islands in the Tokara archipelago, and is located southwest from Nakanoshima. The highest elevation is , with a height of above sea level, which is the exposed cone of an active stratovolcano arising from the ocean floor.
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