Yaeyama Islands

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Yaeyama Islands
Satellite image of the archipelago (excluding Yonaguni), 2002
Satellite image of the archipelago (excluding Yonaguni), 2002
Waters East China Sea
archipelago Sakishima Islands
Geographical location 24 ° 22 ′  N , 123 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 24 ° 22 ′  N , 123 ° 40 ′  E
Yaeyama Islands (Okinawa Prefecture)
Yaeyama Islands
Number of islands 23 (≥ 1 ha)
Main island Ishigaki-jima and Iriomote-jima
Total land area 586 km²
Residents 54,321 (October 1, 2019)
Map of the Sakishima Islands, with the Yaeyama Islands (excluding Yonaguni) to the west
Map of the Sakishima Islands, with the Yaeyama Islands (excluding Yonaguni) to the west

The Yaeyama Islands ( Japanese 八 重 山 諸島 , Yaeyama-shotō ; literally: "Archipelago of the eightfold mountains", Ryūkyū Yaima ) are located in the southwest of the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa . Together with the Miyako Islands in the northeast , they form the western part of the Sakishima Islands .

geography

The closest island to the group, Tarama-jima, is 34 km away. From Okinawa , the main island of the prefecture of the same name, they are 370 km (Ishigaki Island). Senkaku Islands are 150 km north . The distance to Taiwan is 109 km.

Yonaguni is the westernmost island in Japan.

Islands

The archipelago consists of the following 23 islands with an area of ​​at least one hectare, whereby the 12 inhabited are highlighted in dark gray:

Surname Japanese Area [km²] Height [m] local community Coordinates
Iriomote-jima 西 表 島 289.61 469.5 Taketomi 24 ° 20 '  N , 123 ° 47'  E
Ishigaki-jima 石垣島 222.18 525.5 Ishigaki 24 ° 29 '  N , 124 ° 13'  E
Yonaguni-jima 与 那 国 島 28.95 231.4 Yonaguni 24 ° 27 '  N , 122 ° 59'  E
Hateruma-jima 波 照 間 島 12.73 59.5 Taketomi 24 ° 3 ′ 31 ″  N , 123 ° 46 ′ 50 ″  E
Kuroshima 黒 島 10.02 15.3 Taketomi 24 ° 14 ′ 17 ″  N , 124 ° 0 ′ 32 ″  E
Kohama-jima 小 浜 島 7.86 99.8 Taketomi 24 ° 20 '24 "  N , 123 ° 58' 49"  E
Taketomi-jima 竹 富 島 5.43 33.1 Taketomi 24 ° 19 '34 "  N , 124 ° 5' 17"  E
Uchibanari-jima 内 離島 2.10 193.8 Taketomi 24 ° 21 '24 "  N , 123 ° 44' 4"  E
Aragusuku-jima (upper island) 新城 島 (上 地) 1.76 13.1 Taketomi 24 ° 14 ′ 1 ″  N , 123 ° 56 ′ 41 ″  E
Aragusuku-jima (lower island) 新城 島 (下地) 1.57 20.4 Taketomi 24 ° 12 '58 "  N , 123 ° 55' 48"  E
Sotobanari-jima 外 離島 1.32 146, 0 Taketomi 24 ° 22 '24 "  N , 123 ° 43' 8"  E
Hatoma-jima 鳩 間 島 0.96 31.4 Taketomi 24 ° 28 ′ 20 "  N , 123 ° 49 ′ 12"  E
Kayama-jima 加 屋 真 島 0.39 19th, 0 Taketomi 24 ° 21 ′ 59 ″  N , 124 ° 0 ′ 0 ″  E
Koshima 小島 0.37 13.6 Ishigaki 24 ° 27 '26 "  N , 124 ° 8' 56"  E
Nakanougan-jima 仲 御 神 島 0.22 102, 0 Taketomi 24 ° 11 ′ 41 ″  N , 123 ° 33 ′ 46 ″  E
Yubushima 由 布 島 0.15 1.9 Taketomi 24 ° 20 ′ 39 ″  N , 123 ° 56 ′ 2 ″  E
Ubanari-jima ウ 離島 0.05 17th, 0 Taketomi 24 ° 22 ′ 0 ″  N , 123 ° 56 ′ 34 ″  E
Daichibanari-jima 大地 離島 0.02 24, 0 Ishigaki 24 ° 37 ′ 2 "  N , 124 ° 19 ′ 3"  E
Hirabanari-jima 平 離島 0.02 34, 0 Ishigaki 24 ° 29 ′ 4 "  N , 124 ° 6 ′ 58"  E
Majibanari マ ジ バ ナ リ 0.02 11, 0 Ishigaki 24 ° 27 '50 "  N , 124 ° 8' 48"  E
Sonaichi-zaki 祖納 地 崎 0.02 6th, 0 Yonaguni 24 ° 28 ′ 21 ″  N , 123 ° 0 ′ 6 ″  E
Hatobanari-jima 鳩 離島 0.01 Taketomi 24 ° 25 ′ 8 ″  N , 123 ° 49 ′ 16 ″  E
Akabanari-jima 赤 離島 0.01 11, 0 Taketomi 24 ° 24 ′ 19 ″  N , 123 ° 52 ′ 5 ″  E
f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

There are also a few smaller islands. The total land area of ​​the archipelago is about 586 km². The Omoto-dake on Ishigaki-jima is also the highest mountain in the prefecture with its 525.5 m.

Culture

The original Yaeyama language or dialect of the archipelago as well as the Yonaguni language or dialect belong to the Ryūkyū languages .

economy

The main agricultural products are pineapples and sugar cane, and the production of traditional Okinawa fabrics also plays a role. Tourism is an important source of income for all of the inhabited islands.

Web links

Commons : Yaeyama islands  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. 指定 離島 ・ 指定 離島 一 覧 . (PDF 161 kB) 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 4 August 2016 (Japanese, the communities Ishigaki, Taketomi and Yonaguni consist of 32 islands, 8 of which belong to the Senkaku Islands and 沖 ノ 北 岩 北 according to http://www.city.ishigaki.okinawa.jp/home/kikakubu /kikaku/toukei/h27/01.pdf also.).
  2. 於 茂 登岳 . In: デ ジ タ ル 大 辞 泉 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved December 13, 2012 (Japanese).