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    Volcano Islands

    Part of Ogasawara Islands

    The Volcano Islands (火山列島, Kazan Rettō), also known as Iwo Islands (硫黄列島, Iō Rettō) are a group of three Japanese islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. They lie southwest of the Ogasawara Islands and are administered as part of them.

    The island of Minami Iwojima (Minami-Iōtō), Volcano Islands, Japan - viewed from Pacific Venus.
    The island of Minami Iwojima (Minami-Iōtō), Volcano Islands, Japan - viewed from Pacific Venus.

    Karakara~jawiki at Japanese Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0

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    Overview

    The Volcano Islands (火山列島, Kazan Rettō), also known as Iwo Islands (硫黄列島, Iō Rettō) are a group of three Japanese islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. They lie southwest of the Ogasawara Islands and are administered as part of them. The islands are all active volcanoes lying atop the Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc that stretches south to the Marianas. They have an area of 32.55 square kilometres (12.57 mi2), and a population of 380. The island of Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands lies about 1,240 kilometres (670 nmi; 771 mi) southeast of Miyazaki.

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    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands4
    • Minor islands1
    • Islets3
    • Rocks & skerries166

    Major islands

    4
    • Iwo Jima

      Iwo Jima

      Area
      30 km²
      High point
      170 m

      mä́], lit. tó̞ó̞]), is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands, which lie south of the Bonin Islands and together with them make up the Ogasawara Archipelago. Together with the Izu Islands, they make up Japan's Nanpō Islands.

    • North Iwo Jima

      North Iwo Jima

      Area
      5.6 km²
      High point
      792 m

      North Iwo Jima (Japanese: 北硫黄島, Kita Iwōjima, "North Sulfur Island"), officially North or Kita Iōtō (written with the same characters) and previously known as Santo or San Alessandro, Hooge Meeuwen Island (Dutch: t'Hooge Meuwen Eylandt, "High Seagull Island"), and North Sulfur Island, is the northernmost member of Japan's Volcano Islands.

    • Nishinoshima

      Nishinoshima

      Area
      3.8 km²
      High point
      135 m

      Nishinoshima (Japanese: 西之島; lit. 'western island') is a volcanic island located around 940 km (584 mi) south-southeast of Tokyo that is part of the Volcano Islands arc.

    • South Iwo Jima

      South Iwo Jima

      Area
      3.5 km²
      High point
      916 m

      3 sq mi) uninhabited island in the North Pacific. Located 60 kilometers (37 mi) south of Iwo Jima, it is the southernmost of the Volcano Islands, part of the Nanpo Archipelago. Farallon de Pajaros is the next island to its south, 541 kilometers (336 mi) away in the Northern Mariana Islands.

    Minor islands

    1

    Islets

    3

    Rocks & skerries

    166
    • Naga Ne<0.1 ha
    • Tobiishihanakitako Jima<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Mitsuhoshi Iwa<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Matsuemisakiminamiko Jima<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    • Unnamed island<0.1 ha

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    Comparative heights

    Sea level500 m1,000 m916 mSouth Iwo Jima792 mNorth Iwo Jima170 mIwo Jima135 mNishinoshima11 mKangoku Rock1 mHanare Rock
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.0000010.000010.00010.0010.010.1110100Iwo Jima: 30 km²Iwo JimaNorth Iwo Jima: 5.6 km²North Iwo JimaNishinoshima: 3.8 km²NishinoshimaSouth Iwo Jima: 3.5 km²South Iwo JimaKangoku Rock: 0.18 km²Kangoku RockHigashi Iwa: 0.4 haHigashi IwaHanare Rock: 0.4 haHanare RockUnnamed island: 0.1 haUnnamed islandNaga Ne: <0.1 haNaga NeTobiishihanakitako Jima: <0.1 haTobiishihanakitak…Unnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandMitsuhoshi Iwa: <0.1 haMitsuhoshi IwaUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandMatsuemisakiminamiko Jima: <0.1 haMatsuemisakiminam…Unnamed 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 islandHokuhokuseiko Jima: <0.1 haHokuhokuseiko JimaUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandKitanomisakikitako Jima: <0.1 haKitanomisakikitak…Unnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed islandUnnamed island: <0.1 haUnnamed island
    km², log scale
    Iwo Jima30 km²
    North Iwo Jima5.6 km²
    Nishinoshima3.8 km²
    South Iwo Jima3.5 km²
    Kangoku Rock0.18 km²
    Higashi Iwa0.4 ha
    Hanare Rock0.4 ha
    Unnamed island0.1 ha
    Naga Ne<0.1 ha
    Tobiishihanakitako Jima<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Mitsuhoshi Iwa<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Matsuemisakiminamiko Jima<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    Hokuhokuseiko Jima<0.1 ha
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    Kitanomisakikitako Jima<0.1 ha
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    Nannantoko Jima<0.1 ha
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    Kitanomisakihigashiko Jima<0.1 ha
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    Maru Ne<0.1 ha
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    Matsuemisakinishiko Jima<0.1 ha
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    Maruneminamiko Jima<0.1 ha
    Matsuemisakikitako Jima<0.1 ha
    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
    Kitako Jima<0.1 ha
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    Minamiko Jima<0.1 ha
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    Nanseiko Jima<0.1 ha
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    Nannanseishimoko Jima<0.1 ha
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    Nantoshimoko Jima<0.1 ha
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    Matsuemisakihigashiko Jima<0.1 ha
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    Higashiko Jima<0.1 ha
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    Nantokamiko Jima<0.1 ha
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    Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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    Nannanseikamiko Jima<0.1 ha
    Tonantoko Jima<0.1 ha
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    Facts

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

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