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    Amami Islands

    奄美群島

    Part of Satsunan Islands

    tò̞ò̞]) are a Japanese archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest of Kyushu. Administratively, the group belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

    A beach in Amami City, Kagoshima.
    A beach in Amami City, Kagoshima.

    TANAKA Juuyoh (田中十洋) / CC BY 2.0

    Chart

    1334 landforms

    Overview

    The Amami Islands (奄美群島, Amami Guntō; Japanese pronunciation: [ä́.mä̀.mʲì, ä̀.mä́.mʲí ɡɯ̈́ǹ.tò̞ò̞]) are a Japanese archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest of Kyushu. Administratively, the group belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan and the Japan Coast Guard agreed on February 15, 2010, to use the name of Amami-guntō (奄美群島) for the Amami Islands. Prior to that, Amami-shotō (奄美諸島) was also used. The name of Amami is probably cognate with Amamikyu (阿摩美久), the goddess of creation in the Ryukyuan creation myth.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands3
    • Minor islands11
    • Islets150
    • Rocks & skerries1,170

    Major islands

    3
    • Amami Ōshima

      Amami Ōshima

      Area
      712 km²
      High point
      694 m

      Amami Ōshima (奄美大島; Japanese pronunciation: [ä̀.mä́.mʲí ó̞ò̞.ɕì.mä̀] Okinawan: Uushima; Amami Ōshima: Ushima), also known as Amami ([ä́.mä̀.mʲì]), is the largest island in the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa. It is one of the Satsunan Islands, all of which belong to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

    • Tokunoshima

      Tokunoshima

      Area
      248 km²
      High point
      645 m

      Tokunoshima (Japanese: 徳之島; Tokunoshima: Tukunushima), or Tokuno Island, is an island in the Amami archipelago of the southern Satsunan Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

    • Okinoerabujima

      Okinoerabujima

      Area
      93.5 km²
      High point
      240 m

      Okinoerabujima (Japanese: 沖永良部島; Okinoerabu: いぃらぶ, Yirabu; archaic Northern Ryukyuan: せりよさ, Seriyosa), also known as Okinoerabu, is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.

    Minor islands

    11

    Rocks & skerries

    1170

    On the chart above, at its closest zooms.

    Listing 14 of 1334; the rest are on the chart.

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level200 m400 m600 m800 m694 mAmami Ōshima645 mTokunoshima398 mUke326 mKakeromajima322 mEdateku240 mOkinoerabujima230 mYoroshima152 mSukomobanare99 mYoronjima90 mYubanare85 mKiyama77 mHamiyajima69 mEniyabanare63 mKikai
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.11101001,000Amami Ōshima: 712 km²Amami ŌshimaTokunoshima: 248 km²TokunoshimaOkinoerabujima: 93.5 km²OkinoerabujimaKakeromajima: 77.2 km²KakeromajimaKikai: 56.9 km²KikaiYoronjima: 20.6 km²YoronjimaUke: 13.3 km²UkeYoroshima: 9.4 km²YoroshimaEdateku: 5.8 km²EdatekuSukomobanare: 0.93 km²SukomobanareKiyama: 0.36 km²KiyamaEniyabanare: 0.35 km²EniyabanareYubanare: 0.17 km²YubanareHamiyajima: 0.13 km²Hamiyajima
    km², log scale
    Amami Ōshima712 km²
    Tokunoshima248 km²
    Okinoerabujima93.5 km²
    Kakeromajima77.2 km²
    Kikai Island56.9 km²
    Yoronjima20.6 km²
    Uke Island13.3 km²
    Yoroshima9.4 km²
    Edateku Island5.8 km²
    Sukomobanare Island0.93 km²
    Kiyama Island0.36 km²
    Eniyabanare Island0.35 km²
    Yubanare Island0.17 km²
    Hamiyajima Island0.13 km²

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Wikidata
    • Talus
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs