Kurushima Islands

Kurushima Islands
Northern group of the Kurushima Islands with Kurushima, Oshima and Umashima (from left to right) and the Takanawa Peninsula at the bottom left
Waters	Seto Inland Sea
archipelago	Geiyo Islands
Geographical location	34 ° 5 '  N , 133 ° 3'  E Coordinates: 34 ° 5 '  N , 133 ° 3'  E
Number of islands	8th
Total land area	1.4 km²
Residents	76 (2010)

The Kurushima Islands ( Japanese 来 島 群島 Kurushima-guntō ) are a Japanese group of islands in the Seto Inland Sea .

geography

The Kurushima Islands form the south-western part of the Geiyo Islands , which separate the two marine regions Hiuchi-nada and Iyo-nada of the inland sea. The Kurushima Islands consist of two geographically separated groups: a northern group around the island of Umashima in the Kurushima Strait ( 来 島 海峡 Kurushima-kaikyō ) between the Takanawa Peninsula in northwest Shikoku and the island of Ōshima of the Ochi Islands ; as well as a group around the island of Hiki-jima located 11 km southeast.

The Kurushima Kaikyō Bridge, which connects the island with Ōshima and the Takanawa Peninsula, runs across Umashima .

Administratively, the archipelago belongs to the city of Imabari .

Islands

Surname	Japanese	Area [km²]	Height [m]	Population (2010)	Coordinates
Northern group
Oshima	小島	0.50	100.0	25th	34 ° 7 ′ 30 "  N , 132 ° 58 ′ 45"  E
Umashima	馬島	0.50	88, 0	25th	34 ° 7 ′ 0 ″  N , 132 ° 59 ′ 35 ″  E
Kurushima	来 島	0.04	42, 0	23	34 ° 7 ′ 5 ″  N , 132 ° 58 ′ 10 ″  E
Southern group
Hiki-jima	比 岐 島	0.30	57.5	3	34 ° 3 ′ 30 ″  N , 133 ° 6 ′ 0 ″  E
Kohiki-jima	小 比 岐 島		64, 0	-	34 ° 3 ′ 40 "  N , 133 ° 6 ′ 37"  E
Tsubushima	粒 島			-	34 ° 3 ′ 55 "  N , 133 ° 5 ′ 40"  E
Jinotsubushima	地 粒 島			-	34 ° 3 '43.5 "  N , 133 ° 5' 45"  E
Matsushima / Hachijima	松 島 / ハ チ 島			-	34 ° 3 '33.5 "  N , 133 ° 5' 36"  E
Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} 来 島 群島 地域 振興 計画 . (PDF) (No longer available online.) Ehime Prefecture, p. 65 , archived from the original on November 30, 2016 ; Retrieved November 29, 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.  
2. ↑ ^{a b} official topographic map of Kokudo Chiriin