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    Pacific OceanJapan

    38°22′N 141°31′E

    Oshika Islands

    牡鹿半島から金華山を臨む
    牡鹿半島から金華山を臨む

    まるちゃん / CC0

    Chart

    262 landforms

    Major islands

    3
    • Kinkasan

      Kinkasan

      Area
      10.2 km²
      High point
      444 m

      Kinkasan (金華山, Kinkasan; or Kinkazan) is a small island in Miyagi Prefecture in north-eastern Japan. It lies in the Pacific Ocean approximately one kilometer off the Oshika Peninsula.

    • Ajishima

      Ajishima

      Area
      6.8 km²
      High point
      105 m

      Aji Island (網地島, Ajishima), an island in the Pacific Ocean off the eastern coast of Honshu, Japan's largest island is situated in the Miyagi Prefecture, southwest of the Oshika Peninsula. Aji Island neighbors Tashirojima Island, which is commonly known as "Cat Island" due to its large population of stray cats.

    • Tashirojima

      Tashirojima

      Area
      3 km²
      High point
      103 m

      Tashirojima (Japanese: 田代島) is a small island in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. It lies in the Pacific Ocean off the Oshika Peninsula, to the north of Aji Island. The population was around 80 people in 2015, compared to around 1,000 in the 1950s.

    Minor islands

    3

    Rocks & skerries

    225

    On the chart above, at its closest zooms.

    Listing 6 of 262; the rest are on the chart.

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level200 m400 m600 m444 mKinkasan105 mAjishima103 mTashirojima86 mIzushima75 mEnoshima56 mAshijima
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.1110100Kinkasan: 10.2 km²KinkasanAjishima: 6.8 km²AjishimaTashirojima: 3 km²TashirojimaIzushima: 2.6 km²IzushimaEnoshima: 0.33 km²EnoshimaAshijima: 0.18 km²Ashijima
    km², log scale
    Kinkasan10.2 km²
    Ajishima6.8 km²
    Tashirojima3 km²
    Izushima2.6 km²
    Enoshima0.33 km²
    Ashijima0.18 km²

    Groups within

    1

    Sources

    Facts

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

    Photographs