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    North Iwo Jima

    北硫黄島, Kita-Io island, Île Kita Iō

    25°26′N 141°17′E

    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.

    North Iwo Jima

    U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Sotodavila / Public domain

    Terrain

    25°26′N 141°17′E

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    Overview

    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. Together with the Bonin Islands, the Volcanos form the Ogasawara Archipelago and Ogasawara Subprefecture. Along with the Bonins and Izu Islands, they form the Nanpo Islands, formally organized as part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. North Iwo Jima is located 80 kilometers (50 mi) north of Iwo Jima, 207 kilometers (129 mi) SSW of Chichijima in the Bonins, and 1,170 kilometers (730 mi) south of Tokyo on Honshu. Previously inhabited by two Japanese villages from 1898 to 1944, it has become a desert island.

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    Nearest islands

    Also in Volcano Islands

    Also in Bonin Islands

    Also in Ogasawara Islands

    Also in Nanpō Islands

    Also in Tokyo Islands

    Also in Izu–Bonin–Mariana arc

    Sources

    Facts

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

    Photographs