Tonaki-jima

Tonaki-jima
	Tonaki-jima (above) and Irisuna-jima (below)
Waters	East China Sea
Archipelago	Okinawa Islands
Geographical location	26 ° 22 '0 " N , 127 ° 8' 50" E Coordinates: 26 ° 22 '0 " N , 127 ° 8' 50" E
length	3 km
surface	3.58 km²
Highest elevation	Ūtaki ; 179 m
Residents	401 (October 1, 2019) ; 112 inhabitants / km²

Tonaki-jima ( Japanese 渡名喜島 , Okinawa : Tunachi ) is an island of the Japanese Ryūkyū island chain .

geography

Tonaki-jima is located about 20 km northwest of Zamami-jima of the Kerama Islands , east of the offshore coral reef or its elevation Ugan-saki near Kume-jima and south of Aguni-jima . The neighboring island of Irisuna-jima is about 3.5 km to the northwest . Together with this Tonaki-jima belongs to the municipality of Tonaki , although only Tonaki-jima is inhabited, while Irisuna-jima is a US military area. In addition, about 50 m off the southeast coast of Tonaki-jima is the one-hectare island of Shimajiri-saki ( 島尻崎 ).

Only a strip of flat land between the 145.9 m high Nishimui (西森（にしむい）) in the far north of the island and the 136.8 m high Gichuyama (義中山（ぎちゅやま）) downtown. In the south, the 179 m high Ūtaki (大岳（うーたき）), followed by the 165.3 m high Ūnda (大本田（うーんだ）) on. To the east lies the peninsula or Cape Umu (ヲモ（うむ）), the southern flank of which slopes steeply to the sea, the highest point of these cliffs being 178.2. Tonaki-jima is surrounded by a coral reef .

Individual evidence

↑ 沖縄県推計人口データ一覧（Excel 形式） . 沖縄県 , October 1, 2019, accessed October 31, 2019 (Japanese).
↑ トゥナチ . In: 語彙詳細 - 首里・那覇方言 . Retrieved December 2, 2012 (Japanese).
↑ 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 3. August 2016 (Japanese).
↑ official topographic map

[1] 沖縄県推計人口データ一覧（Excel 形式） . 沖縄県 , October 1, 2019, accessed October 31, 2019 (Japanese).

[2] トゥナチ . In: 語彙詳細 - 首里・那覇方言 . Retrieved December 2, 2012 (Japanese).

[3] 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 3. August 2016 (Japanese).

[4] topographic map