Izu-Ōshima

Izu-Ōshima
	Landsat image by Izu-Ōshima
Waters	Pacific Ocean
Archipelago	Izu Islands
Geographical location	34 ° 44 ′ N , 139 ° 24 ′ E Coordinates: 34 ° 44 ′ N , 139 ° 24 ′ E
length	13 km
width	11 km
surface	90.73 km²
Highest elevation	Mihara ; 764 m
Residents	8514 (January 1, 2009) ; 94 inhabitants / km²
main place	Ōshima

Izu-Ōshima ( Japanese 伊豆大島 ) or Ōshima ( 伊豆大島 ) is a Japanese volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean . It belongs geographically to the Izu Islands and administratively to the sub-prefecture Ōshima of Tokyo .

geography

Mihara with azaleas on the ascent

Izu-Ōshima is located in the Pacific Ocean about 100 km south of Tokyo , south of Sagami Bay , 22 km east of the Izu Peninsula and 36 km southwest of the Bōsō Peninsula . The closest, however, is the neighboring Izu Island of Toshima , which is 19 km south of Izu-Oshima. Izu-Oshima is 13 km long and 11 km wide. With an area of 90.73 km², it is the largest island in the group. The summit of the stratovolcano Mihara is 764 m above sea level. The volcano is still active with stronger eruptions every 100 to 150 years. The last major eruption occurred in 1986, when lava fountains occurred at 1,600 m and Subplinian eruptions at 16 km.

Exile

In the criminal law of the Tokugawa Shogunate , the island served as a place of exile for offenders from eastern Japan , i.e. H. the province of Mino and east of it.

fauna and Flora

Izu-Ōshima is part of the archipelago in the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park .

Web links

Commons : Izu-Ōshima - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Tourism Association website (Japanese)
Ōshima in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
Izu-Ōshima in the Japanese Volcanoes Quaternary database (English, Japanese)

Individual evidence

↑ 島面積 . (PDF; 144 kB) (No longer available online.) Kokudo Chiriin , October 1, 2014, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved July 28, 2016 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
↑ 遠島 . In: 百科事典マイペディア at kotobank.jp. Hitachi Solutions, May 2010, accessed January 8, 2011 (Japanese).

[1] 島面積 . (PDF; 144 kB) (No longer available online.) Kokudo Chiriin , October 1, 2014, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved July 28, 2016 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] 遠島 . In: 百科事典マイペディア at kotobank.jp. Hitachi Solutions, May 2010, accessed January 8, 2011 (Japanese).