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The Amami Islands (奄美群島, Amami-guntō) [1] is an archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest of Kyushu. Administratively, the group belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture , Japan .
Amami Ōshima (奄美大島, Okinawan: Uushima (ウーシマ); [1] Amami: Ushima (ウシマ) [2]), also known as Amami, is the largest island in the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa. It is one of the Satsunan Islands. [3] The island, 712.35 km 2 in area, has a population of approximately 73,000 people.
Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (奄美大島、徳之島、沖縄島北部及び西表島) is a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site consisting of five component parts on four Japanese islands in the Ryukyu Chain of the Nansei Islands. [1]
Amami is a city on the island of Amami Ōshima in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It has a humid subtropical climate, a regional port, and a botanical garden.
The Ryukyu Islands [note 1] (琉球列島, Ryūkyū-rettō), also known as the Nansei Islands (南西諸島, Nansei-shotō, lit."Southwest Islands") or the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧, Ryūkyū-ko), are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with ...
Amami Guntō National Park (奄美群島国立公園, Amami Guntō Kokuritsu Kōen) is a national park in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.Established in 2017, the park comprises a land area of 42,181 ha (104,230 acres) and a sea area of 33,082 ha (81,750 acres).
Tokunoshima relief map. Tokunoshima is the second largest island in the Amami islands, after Amami Ōshima, and the 15th largest island in Japan. It is more generally included within the Satsunan and Ryukyu archipelagos. Isolated from the other Amami islands, Tokunoshima is located halfway between Amami Ōshima and Okinoerabujima.
Yoronjima is a coral island in the East China Sea, part of the Amami Islands and Kagoshima Prefecture. It has a subtropical climate, a history of Satsuma rule and Okinawan culture, and a tourist industry based on resorts and agriculture.