Earth:List of islands in the Ryukyu Archipelago
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The Ryukyu Archipelago (Japanese: 琉球列島, Ryūkyū-rettō) are a collection of 100+ islands located between Kyushu and Taiwan.[1][2] They are politically split between the Japanese prefectures of Okinawa and Kagoshima.
Kagoshima Prefecture
- The northernmost parts of the Ryukyu Islands are within Kagoshima Prefecture. These islands are referred to as the Satsunan Islands (薩南諸島, Satsunan-shotō), meaning “south of Satsuma”, as they were the southernmost territories of the Satsuma Domain.
Ōsumi Islands
- Yakushima
- Tanegashima
- Kuchinoerabu-jima
- Mageshima
- Kuroshima (Kagoshima)
- Iōjima (Kagoshima)
- Takeshima (Kagoshima)
- Shōwa Iōjima
- Denshima
Tokara Islands
- Hirase
- Kuchinoshima
- Nakanoshima (Kagoshima)
- Gajajima
- Kogajajima
- Tairajima
- Suwanosejima
- Akusekijima
- Kojima
- Kodakarajima
- Takarajima
- Kaminonejima
- Yokoate-jima
Amami Islands
- Amami Ōshima
- Kikaijima
- Kakeromajima
- Yoroshima
- Uke Island
- Tokunoshima
- Okinoerabujima
- Yoronjima
- Edateku Island
- Sukomobanare Island
- Yubanare Island
- Kiyama Island
Okinawa Prefecture
Islands south of the Satsunan Islands are administered by Okinawa Prefecture. Its predecessor is the Ryukyu Kingdom, which was an independent nation until 1879.[3]
Japan has de facto control over the disputed Senkaku Islands, claiming them as a part of Ishigaki City in Okinawa Prefecture.[4] However, they are not geographically within the Ryukyu Archipelago, being located further westward in the East China Sea.
Okinawa Islands
- Okinawa Island
- Iheya Island
- Izena Island
- Iejima
- Sesoko Island
- Yokatsu Islands
- Ikei Island
- Hamahiga Island
- Henza Island
- Minamiukibara Island
- Miyagi Island
- Tsuken Island
- Ukibara Island
- Yabuchi Island
- Kume Island
- Kerama Islands
- Tokashiki Island
- Zamami Island
- Aka Island
- Geruma Island
- Aguni Islands
- Aguni Island
- Tonaki Island
- Irisuna-jima
Miyako Islands
- Miyako-jima
- Ikema Island
- Irabu Island
- Kurima-jima
- Ogami Island
- Shimoji-shima
- Minna Island (Tarama, Okinawa)
- Tarama Island
Yaeyama Islands
- Ishigaki Island
- Aragusuku Island
- Hateruma
- Iriomote Island
- Kayama Island
- Kohama Island
- Kuroshima (Okinawa)
- Sotobanari
- Taketomi Island
- Yubu Island
- Hatoma
- Yonaguni
Daitō Islands
- Minamidaitōjima
- Kitadaitōjima
- Okidaitōjima
See also
- Ryukyu Islands
References
- ↑ "Eastern Asia: Nansei (Ryukyu) Islands south of Japanese mainland | Ecoregions | WWF" (in en). https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/im0170.
- ↑ "Ryukyu Islands | archipelago, Japan" (in en). https://www.britannica.com/place/Ryukyu-Islands.
- ↑ editor. "The Ryukyu Annexation in Modern East Asian History | Seoul National University Asia Center" (in en-US). http://snuac.snu.ac.kr/eng/index.php/2019/11/14/the-ryukyu-annexation-in-modern-east-asian-history/.
- ↑ "Senkaku Islands Information" (in en). https://www.mofa.go.jp/a_o/c_m1/senkaku/page1we_000009.html.
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