Shikine-jima
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Izu Islands | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 19 '32 " N , 139 ° 12' 42" E | |
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| surface | 3.67 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 109 m | |
| Residents | 600 163 inhabitants / km² |
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Shikine-jima ( Japanese 式 根 島 ) is a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean . It belongs geographically to the Izu Islands and administratively to the village of Niijima of Tokyo .
geography
Shikine-jima is located in the Pacific Ocean south of Sagami Bay and southeast of the Izu Peninsula .
The island has an area of 3.67 km². The highest mountain is the Kampiki ( 神 引 山 , -yama ) with 98.5 m, but the northwest of the island rises to 109 m.
fauna and Flora
Shikine-jima is part of the archipelago in the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park .
Web links
Commons : Shikine-jima - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Niijima Municipality website on the island (Japanese)
- Shikine-jima ( Memento of 20 December 2012 at the Web archive archive.today ) in Japanese Volcanoes Quaternary database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ 島 面積 . (PDF; 136 kB) (No longer available online.) Kokudo Chiriin , October 1, 2015, archived from the original on June 15, 2016 ; Retrieved July 30, 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.
