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Archipelago

    East China SeaJapan

    24°20′N 124°00′E

    Yaeyama Islands

    Part of Sakishima Islands

    36 mi2). The islands are located southwest of the Miyako Islands, part of the Ryukyu Islands archipelago. The Yaeyama Islands are the most remote part of Japan from the main islands and contain Japan's southernmost (Hateruma) and westernmost (Yonaguni) inhabited islands.

    Kabira Bay of Ishigaki Island in Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the Japan's Places of Scenic Beauty.
    Kabira Bay of Ishigaki Island in Ishigaki City, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the Japan's Places of Scenic Beauty.

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    Chart

    510 landforms

    Overview

    The Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島 Yaeyama-rettō, also 八重山諸島 Yaeyama-shotō, Yaeyama: Yaima, Yonaguni: Daama, Okinawan: Yeema, Northern Ryukyuan: やへま Yapema) are an archipelago in the southwest of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and cover 591.46 square kilometres (228.36 mi2). The islands are located southwest of the Miyako Islands, part of the Ryukyu Islands archipelago. The Yaeyama Islands are the most remote part of Japan from the main islands and contain Japan's southernmost (Hateruma) and westernmost (Yonaguni) inhabited islands. The city of Ishigaki serves as the political, cultural, and economic center of the Yaeyama Islands. On maps dating to the 1700s, the Yaeyama Group of Islands appears as the "Majico Sima Group", "Nambu-soto Islands", "Nambu Soto", and the "Taipin Islands".

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

    Census, cataloged

    • Major islands2
    • Minor islands17
    • Islets75
    • Rocks & skerries416

    Major islands

    2
    • Iriomote Island

      Iriomote Island

      Area
      290 km²
      High point
      470 m

      Iriomote Island (西表島, Iriomote-jima; Yaeyama: Irïmutii; Iriomote: Irimutii; Okinawan: Iriumuti) is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan, and the second largest in Okinawa Prefecture after Okinawa Island itself.

    • Ishigaki Island

      Ishigaki Island

      Area
      223 km²
      High point
      526 m

      mä́), -ŋä́-]; Yaeyama: Ishanagï; Okinawan: Ishigachi) is a Japanese island south-west of Okinawa Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group, behind Iriomote Island. It is located approximately 411 km (255 mi) south-west of Okinawa Hontō. It is within the City of Ishigaki in Okinawa Prefecture.

    Minor islands

    17

    Rocks & skerries

    416

    On the chart above, at its closest zooms.

    Listing 19 of 510; the rest are on the chart.

    Figures

    Comparative heights

    Sea level200 m400 m600 m526 mIshigaki470 mIriomote231 mYonaguni192 mUchibanari143 mSotobanari102 mNakanokamishima99 mKohama59 mHateruma34 mHatoma24 mTaketomi21 mShimoji18 mKayama17 mKuroshima17 mSmall
    High points by island, metres above sea level.

    Islands by area

    0.11101001,000Iriomote: 290 km²IriomoteIshigaki: 223 km²IshigakiYonaguni: 28.9 km²YonaguniHateruma: 12.7 km²HaterumaKuroshima: 10 km²KuroshimaKohama: 7.9 km²KohamaTaketomi: 5.4 km²TaketomiUchibanari: 2.1 km²UchibanariAragusuku Islands: 1.8 km²Aragusuku IslandsShimoji: 1.6 km²ShimojiKamiji: 1.6 km²KamijiSotobanari: 1.3 km²SotobanariHatoma: 0.97 km²HatomaKayama: 0.39 km²KayamaSmall: 0.37 km²SmallNakanokamishima: 0.23 km²NakanokamishimaYubu: 0.16 km²Yubu
    km², log scale. 2 without a known area.
    Iriomote Island290 km²
    Ishigaki Island223 km²
    Yonaguni28.9 km²
    Hateruma12.7 km²
    Kuroshima10 km²
    Kohama Island7.9 km²
    Taketomi Island5.4 km²
    Uchibanari island2.1 km²
    Aragusuku Islands1.8 km²
    Shimoji Island1.6 km²
    Kamiji Island1.6 km²
    Sotobanari1.3 km²
    Hatoma0.97 km²
    Kayama Island0.39 km²
    Small Island0.37 km²
    Nakanokamishima0.23 km²
    Yubu Island0.16 km²

    Groups within

    1

    Sources

    Facts

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

    Photographs