Iheya Izena Islands

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Iheya Izena Islands
Waters East China Sea
archipelago Okinawa Islands
Geographical location 27 ° 0 '  N , 127 ° 57'  E Coordinates: 27 ° 0 '  N , 127 ° 57'  E
Iheya Izena Islands (Okinawa Prefecture)
Iheya Izena Islands
Number of islands 10 (≥ 1 ha)
Main island Iheya-jima and Izena-jima
Total land area 37 km²
Residents 2578 (October 1, 2019)

The Iheya-Izena Islands ( Japanese 伊 平 屋 伊 是 名 諸島 , Iheya-Izena-shotō ) are a group of islands in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa in the East China Sea .

geography

The Iheya Izena Islands are 20 km north of the Motobu Peninsula of Okinawa . With the exception of the lonely island of Iōtorishima , they form the northern part of the Okinawa Islands .

The group consists of the two main islands Iheya-jima and Izena-jima , the islands Noho-jima , Yanaha-jima, Gushikawa-jima and Urugami-shima as well as other rocks and unnamed islets. Before a landfill that connected Yanoshita-jima with Izena-jima, the group consisted of seven larger islands and was also called Iheya no Shichi Banare ( 伊 平 屋 の 七 離 れ , "seven parts of Iheya"). The islands are surrounded by coral reefs or coral reefs themselves.

Islands

The archipelago consists of the following islands with an area of ​​at least one hectare:

Aerial view Surname Japanese Area [km²] Height [m] local community Coordinates
Aerial view of Iheya-jima Iheya-jima 伊 平 屋 島 20.66 293.9 Iheya 27 ° 3 '  N , 127 ° 59'  E
Aerial view of Izena-jima Izena-jima 伊 是 名 島 14.12 119.9 Izena 26 ° 56 ′ 2 ″  N , 127 ° 56 ′ 11 ″  E
Aerial view of Noho-jima Noho-jima 野 甫 島 1.08 43, 0 Iheya 26 ° 59 ′ 41 ″  N , 127 ° 55 ′ 13 ″  E
Aerial view of Yanaha-jima Yanaha-jima 屋 那覇 島 0.74 12.5 Izena 26 ° 53 '50 "  N , 127 ° 55' 35"  E
Aerial view of Gushikawa-shima Gushikawa-shima 具 志 川島 0.47 28, 0 Izena 26 ° 58 ′ 31 ″  N , 127 ° 57 ′ 4 ″  E
Urugami-jima aerial view (right) Urugami-jima 降 神 島 0.01 20th, 0 Izena 26 ° 55 ′ 8 "  N , 127 ° 57 ′ 28"  E
Yāhe-iwa ヤ ー ヘ 岩 0.01 47, 0 Iheya 27 ° 5 ′ 28 "  N , 127 ° 59 ′ 44"  E
unnamed 0.01 10, 0 Iheya 27 ° 0 ′ 8.5 "  N , 127 ° 55 ′ 28"  E
unnamed 0.01 17th, 0 Iheya 26 ° 59 ′ 36 "  N , 127 ° 54 ′ 45"  E
unnamed 0.01 ?, 0 Iheya 26 ° 59 ′ 40 "  N , 127 ° 54 ′ 41"  E
Aerial view of Yanoshita-jima Yanoshita-jima
(today peninsula) 		屋 ノ 下 島 0.20 7th, 0 Izena 26 ° 56 ′ 12 "  N , 127 ° 54 ′ 56"  E
f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 伊 平 屋 伊 是 名 諸島 . In: 世界 大 百科 事 典 第 ２ 版 at kotobank.jp. 2012, Retrieved December 2, 2012 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ 歴 史 . In: 伊 平 屋村 ホ ー ム ペ ー ジ - て る し の NET. Iheya, accessed December 4, 2012 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ 指定 離島 ・ 指定 離島 一 覧 . (PDF) In: 離島 関係 資料 (平 成 28 年 1 月) . 沖 縄 県 企 画 部 地域 ・ 離島 課 ("Land and Islands Unit, Planning Department, Okinawa Prefecture"), January 2016, p. 1 , accessed on 3. August 2016 (Japanese).
  4. ↑ presumed assignment: Listed in the source as シ マ (野 甫 島 北) 'island (north of Noho-jima)'. On the official maps there is an unnamed island with the specified area at these coordinates.
  5. ↑ presumed assignment: Listed in the source as シ マ (野 甫 島 西 1) 'island (west of Noho-jima (1))'. On the official maps there is an unnamed island with the specified area at these coordinates.
  6. ↑ presumed assignment: Listed in the source as シ マ (野 甫 島 西 2) 'island (west of Noho-jima (2))'. On the official maps there is an unnamed island with the specified area at these coordinates.
  7. ↑ Not listed in the source as the island no longer exists today. The area was measured.