Uoshima Islands

Uoshima Islands
Aerial photo of Uoshima, Hyōtan-jima and Kojima (1974)
Waters	Seto Inland Sea
Geographical location	34 ° 11 ′  N , 133 ° 19 ′  E Coordinates: 34 ° 11 ′  N , 133 ° 19 ′  E
Number of islands	4th
Main island	Uoshima
Total land area	3.3 km²
Residents	228 (2010)

The Uoshima Islands ( Japanese 魚 島 群島 , Uoshima-guntō ) are a Japanese group of islands in the central Seto Inland Sea . To the south is the Hiuchi-nada marine region and to the north is Bingo-nada with the Hashirijima Islands in the northeast and the Geiyo Islands in the northwest.

On the Uoshima Islands, ceramics from the Yayoi period (5th century BC to 3rd century AD) were found, which already suggest a settlement at this epoch and for the 5th / 6th centuries . There are traces of religious ceremonies in the 19th century. During the Muromachi period they were a naval base of the Murakami family ( Murakami Suigun ) and served as a place of exile in the Edo period because of their remote location.

The archipelago belongs to the district of Uoshima, which was incorporated into Kamijima in October 2004 in the district of Ochi ( 越 E ), Ehime prefecture .

Islands

The archipelago consists of the following islands:

Surname	Japanese	Area [km²]	Height [m]	Population (2010)	Coordinates
Uoshima	魚 島	1.37	169.5	190	34 ° 10 ′ 36 "  N , 133 ° 19 ′ 10"  E
Takaikami-shima	高井 神 島	1.34	256.9	38	34 ° 11 ′ 23 "  N , 133 ° 16 ′ 14"  E
Enoshima	江 ノ 島	0.53	130.1	-	34 ° 10 ′ 6 "  N , 133 ° 21 ′ 45"  E
Hyōtan-jima	瓢 箪 島	0.02	73, 0	-	34 ° 9 ′ 59 "  N , 133 ° 19 ′ 8"  E
Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Next to it is the rock Yoshida-iso ( 吉田 磯 ; 34 ° 9 ′ 44 ″  N , 133 ° 21 ′ 48 ″  E ) south off the coast of Enoshima and the island of Kojima connected to a breakwater north off the coast of Uoshima ( 小島 ; 34 ° 10 ′ 56 "  N , 133 ° 18 ′ 59"  E ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} 魚 島 (う お し ま) . In: 日本 の 島 へ 行 こ う . Retrieved March 14, 2015 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ defined as land areas with a circumference of at least 100 m during floods
3. ↑ 魚 島 群島 地域 振興 計画 . (PDF) (No longer available online.) Ehime Prefecture, pp. 15–16 , archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved March 13, 2015 (Japanese, source only mentions Uoshima and Takaikami-shima by name, but see the map provided). 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.  
4. ↑ ^{a b} official topographic map of Kokudo Chiriin