Kōzu-shima
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Izu Islands | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 13 ′ 0 ″ N , 139 ° 9 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| surface | 18.24 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Tenjō-san 574 m |
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| Residents | 1914 (May 1, 2009) 105 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Kozushima | |
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Kōzu-shima ( Japanese 神 津 島 ) is a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean . It belongs geographically to the Izu Islands and administratively to the village of Kōzushima of Tokyo Prefecture .
geography
Kōzu-shima is located in the Pacific Ocean south of Sagami Bay and southeast of the Izu Peninsula . Its area is 18.24 km².
About 5 km west-southwest is the 0.04 km² small, uninhabited island of Ombase-jima ( 恩 馳 島 ).
The last volcanic eruption on Kōzu-shima took place in 838. The Tenjō-san lava dome was created .
fauna and Flora
Kōzu-shima is part of the archipelago in the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park .
Web links
Commons : Kōzu-shima - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Kōzu-shima in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- Kōzu-shima Volcano Group in the Japanese Volcanoes Quaternary database (English and 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.
