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    Aki SeaJapan

    34°02′N 132°23′E

    Hashirajima Islands

    Part of Bōyo Islands

    端島の端島港
    端島の端島港

    ブルーノ・プラス / CC BY-SA 4.0

    Chart

    33 landforms

    Major islands

    4
    • Hashira Island

      Hashira Island

      Area
      3 km²
      High point
      295 m

      Hashira Island (Japanese: 柱島, Hepburn: Hashira-jima) is an island in southern Hiroshima Bay in the Inland Sea, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Located 26 kilometres (16 mi) southeast of Iwakuni, it is part of the Kutsuna Islands within the Bōyo Islands group. 20 mi2) and as of 2013 had a population of 184 residents.

    • Hashima Island

      Hashima Island

      Area
      0.7 km²
      High point
      135 m

    Minor islands

    3

    Islets

    9
    • Nagashima Island26 m · 0.08 km²
    • Hodakajima Island45 m · 0.08 km²
    • Fukura-jima67 m · 0.07 km²
    • Iseko Island10 m · 0.04 km²
    • Unnamed island7 m · 0.01 km²
    • Unnamed island11 m · 0.4 ha
    • Nakakojima Island5 m · 0.2 ha
    • Unnamed island0.2 ha
    • Unnamed island0.1 ha

    Rocks & skerries

    17
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    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level100 m200 m300 m295 mHashira135 mHashima121 mKuroshima94 mHashirajima93 mTeshima68 mKurakake67 mFukura-jima45 mHodakajima43 mTsuzukijima26 mNagashima10 mIseko5 mNakakojima
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.000010.00010.0010.010.1110Hashira: 3 km²HashiraHashima: 0.7 km²HashimaKuroshima: 0.54 km²KuroshimaHashirajima: 0.31 km²HashirajimaTeshima: 0.3 km²TeshimaTsuzukijima: 0.1 km²TsuzukijimaKurakake: 0.1 km²KurakakeNagashima: 0.08 km²NagashimaHodakajima: 0.08 km²HodakajimaFukura-jima: 0.07 km²Fukura-jimaIseko: 0.04 km²IsekoUnnamed island: 0.01 km²Unnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.4 haUnnamed islandNakakojima: 0.2 haNakakojimaUnnamed island: 0.2 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Hashira Island3 km²
    Hashima Island0.7 km²
    Kuroshima Island0.54 km²
    Hashirajima Island0.31 km²
    Teshima Island0.3 km²
    Tsuzukijima Island0.1 km²
    Kurakake Island0.1 km²
    Nagashima Island0.08 km²
    Hodakajima Island0.08 km²
    Fukura-jima0.07 km²
    Iseko Island0.04 km²
    Unnamed island0.01 km²
    Unnamed island0.4 ha
    Nakakojima Island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.2 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
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    Sources

    Facts

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

    Photographs