Toshima (island)
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Izu Islands | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 31 ′ 0 ″ N , 139 ° 17 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 2.4 km | |
| width | 2 km | |
| surface | 4.12 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Miyatsuka 508 m |
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| Residents | 341 (July 1, 2016) 83 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Toshima | |
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Toshima ( Japanese 利 島 ) is a volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean . It belongs to the Japanese Izu Islands and is administered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government . Toshima is part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park and is located between Izu-Ōshima , the largest of the Izu Islands, and Niijima .
The island with the summit of Miyatsuka ( 宮 塚 山 , -yama ) is up to 508 m high, has dimensions of 2.0 × 2.4 km and, with an area of 4.12 km², is the second smallest inhabited island of the Izu after Shikine-jima. Island chain. The last eruption of the stratovolcano was 4,000 to 9,000 years ago.
About 341 people live on Toshima in the village of the same name . 80 percent of the island is covered by camellia fields. From November to March a large part of the island is colored red by the camellia flowers. The island is also home to the Lilium platyphyllum , the largest lily in the world. The main line of business on Toshima is fishing. There are also approaches from agriculture and tourism.
Web links
- Toshima in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)
- Toshima in the Japanese Volcanoes Quaternary database (English and Japanese)
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.
- ↑ 東京 都 の 人口 (推 計). (XLS; 93.0 kB) In: Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Retrieved July 30, 2016 (Japanese).
