Udone-shima
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| Waters | Pacific Ocean | |
| Archipelago | Izu Islands | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 28 ′ 21 ″ N , 139 ° 17 ′ 38 ″ E | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
| width | 550 m | |
| surface | 40 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 210 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Udone-shima ( Japanese 鵜 渡 根 島 ) is an uninhabited island of volcanic origin in the Pacific Ocean . It belongs geographically to the archipelago of the Izu Islands and politically to the Japanese prefecture of Tokyo .
Udone-shima is about 150 km south of Tokyo , halfway between Toshima and Niijima , from which it is about 5 km away. The island is about 1.5 km long, up to 550 m wide and has an area of 0.4 km². It rises steeply from the ocean and reaches a height of 210 m above sea level. There are numerous small cliffs in front of the island.
Despite its small size, the island was inhabited in the Meiji period . One operational sericulture . The island still has a shrine .
Web links
Commons : Udone-shima - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Udone-shima in the Japanese Volcanoes Quaternary database (English and Japanese)