Kita-daitō
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| Waters | Philippine Sea | |
| Archipelago | Daitō Islands | |
| Geographical location | 25 ° 56 '38 " N , 131 ° 18' 23" E | |
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| length | 4.85 km | |
| width | 3.2 km | |
| surface | 11.93 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 74 m | |
| Residents | 621 (October 1, 2019) 52 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Kitadaitō | |
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Kita-daitō ( Japanese 北大 東 島 , -jima / -shima , literally: "North Daitō Island", formerly: North Borodino Island ) is the second largest and northernmost island of the Japanese Daitō Islands in the Philippine Sea . Administratively, the island belongs to the Okinawa Prefecture and forms there, together with the uninhabited island of Oki-daitō , the community Kitadaitō ( 北大 東村 ).
geography
The island is 9 km north of Minami-daitō , the largest island in the archipelago, and about 360 km east of Naha on Okinawa , the seat of the prefecture. Like all Daitō Islands is also Kitadaitōjima an upscale Atoll with a steep cliff coastline of limestone - the former fringing reef of the atoll - as well as a deeper level - the former lagoon - inside the island. Kita-daitō has a length of 4.85 km, a circumference of 13.52 km and an area of 11.93 km². The island, which is surrounded by a coral reef , reaches a height of up to 74 m above sea level on the coast . The 621 (as of October 1, 2019) residents live in a village in the center of the island.
- Views
The village in the lower interior of the island
On the upscale reef rim
history
It is possible that the originally uninhabited islands of Kita and Minami-daitō were discovered by the Spaniard Pedro de Unamuno on July 28, 1587 and named Islas sin Probecho . Despite wrong coordinates , a sighting of the British captain John Meares on April 5, 1788, who named the islands Grampus Isles , is considered certain. On July 2, 1820, the two closely spaced islands were rediscovered by the Russian lieutenant Sachar Ponafidin, named after his ship Borodino , and their position correctly determined. Japanese colonization of the island began in 1899; As a result, the mining of guano and the cultivation of mainly sugar cane began . In 1971 an airport ( IATA code: KTD, ICAO code: RORK) with a 1500 m long runway was opened in the east of the island .
Web links
- Official website of the Kitadaitō community (Japanese)
- Airport website on Kita-daitō (English)
- Short portrait at Oceandots ( Memento from December 23, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 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 1. August 2016 (Japanese).
- ↑ 排 他 的 経 済 水域 等 の 基礎 と な る 低潮 線 を 有 す る 離島 に 関 す る 調査 . (PDF) (No longer available online.) 内閣 官 房 総 合 海洋 政策 本部 事務 局 (“…, Cabinet Secretariat ”), March 2011, p. 9 , archived from the original on June 12, 2012 ; Retrieved December 15, 2012 (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.
