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26°16′N 127°34′E
Keise Islands
Part of Kerama Islands
The Keise Islands (Japanese: 慶伊瀬島, Hepburn: Keisejima), also known as the Chibishi Islands (Okinawan: チービシ諸島) or Chibishi Atolls (Okinawan: チービシ環礁), are a group of three coral islands within the Okinawa Islands, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the archipelago's main island.
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The Keise Islands (Japanese: 慶伊瀬島, Hepburn: Keisejima), also known as the Chibishi Islands (Okinawan: チービシ諸島) or Chibishi Atolls (Okinawan: チービシ環礁), are a group of three coral islands within the Okinawa Islands, 8 kilometers (5 miles) from the archipelago's main island. They constitute the eastern end of the Kerama Islands, a subgroup of the Okinawa Islands. As with the rest of the Kerama Islands, the Keise Islands are administered by the village of Tokashiki in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The islands are a popular day-trip site for tourists, particularly divers. The Keise Islands were an important artillery site for the United States during the 1945 Battle of Okinawa in the final months of World War II. US forces captured and occupied the islands until 1972, when all of Okinawa Prefecture was returned to Japan.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands3
- Minor islands0
- Islets1
- Rocks & skerries0
Major islands
Kamiyama Island
- Area
- 0.19 km²
- High point
- 10 m
Nagannu Island
- Area
- 0.18 km²
- High point
- 8 m
Unnamed island
- Area
- 0.11 km²
- High point
- 12 m
Islets
- Kuefu Island4 m · 0.02 km²
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Comparative heights
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Kamiyama Island | 0.19 km² |
| Nagannu Island | 0.18 km² |
| Unnamed island | 0.11 km² |
| Kuefu Island | 0.02 km² |
Groups within
Photographs
ナガンヌ島の一部を空撮
慶伊瀬島（沖縄県）
Aerial photo of southern Okinawa seen at west. Includes Naha Airport and JASDF Naha Air Base at centre. In foreground are Kamiyama Island to left, Nagannu Island at the bottom, Kuefu Island behind a little.
Kamiyama Island seen from a ferry, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Keise Islands Aerial photograph.2008
Nagannu Island seen from a ferry, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Keise Islands seen from a ferry, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Kuef Island, Nagannu Island, and Kamiyama Island from the left the image.
Nagannu Island (left) and Kuefu Island (right) seen from a ferry, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- Portion of the island of nagannu. ブルーノ・プラス / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Okinawa keise islands. Paipateroma / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Okinawa S aerial. Graeme Bartlett / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kamiyama Island seen from a ferry 202407. Kugel~commonswiki / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Keise Islands Aerial photograph.2008. 国土地理院 / Attribution
- Nagannu Island seen from a ferry 202407. Kugel~commonswiki / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Keise Islands seen from a ferry 202407. Kugel~commonswiki / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nagannu Island and Kuefu Island seen from a ferry 202407. Kugel~commonswiki / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Keise Islands Aerial photograph.1977. 国土交通省 / Attribution