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It connects Ishigaki, Okinawa on Ishigaki Island, to Miyako-jima, and Naha, Okinawa on Okinawa Island in Japan. Spanning the three islands by ferry, the highway has a total length of 58.2 kilometers (36.2 mi) on land and 552.2 kilometers (343.1 mi) when maritime distance is added.
Alakai docking in Honolulu Harbor. The vessel used by Hawaii Superferry was an aluminum-hulled catamaran with drive-on / drive-off vehicle capability or fast ferry service. It was designed and built in the United States, in Mobile, AL by Austal USA, a division of the world's largest fast-ferry builder, Australia-based shipbuilder Austal.
Kohama is located between Iriomote and Ishigaki Islands. The Yaeyama Islands are located at the southwest point of Okinawa Prefecture. Kohama Island (小浜島, Kohama-jima) (Yaeyama: Kumoo, Okinawan: Kubama) is an island in the Yaeyama Islands group at the southwestern end of the Ryukyu Islands chain, and part of Taketomi, Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
The vessel is a 349-foot (106 m) long high-speed roll-on/roll-off (Ro/Ro) passenger and vehicle ferry. She used to operate a daily service operated by Hawaii Superferry at a speed of 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) between the islands of Oahu and Maui. HST-2 has a capacity of 866 passengers and up to 282 subcompact cars. Alternately, its vehicle ...
Ishigaki Island (石垣島, Ishigaki-jima, Yaeyama: Ishanagï, Okinawan: Ishigachi), also known as Ishigakijima, is a Japanese island south-west of Okinawa Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group, behind Iriomote Island. It is located approximately 411 km (255 mi) south-west of Okinawa Hontō. [1]
At one time, Hawaiʻi had a network of railroads on each of the larger islands that helped move farm commodities as well as passengers. These railroads were for the majority 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge, although there were some 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge tracks on some of the smaller islands as well as the Hawaii Consolidated Railway (HCR), which operated in standard 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm ...
The city of Ishigaki covers the entirety of Ishigaki Island (222 km 2 (86 sq mi)). [4] The island is surrounded by coral reefs. The highest point on Ishigaki Island is Omotodake (525.5 m (1,724 ft)). [5] The uninhabited Senkaku Islands are located 150 km (93 mi) north of the Ishigaki Island. The Senkaku Islands cover roughly 6.3 km 2 (2.4 sq mi).
List of ferry operators in Japan lists car ferry operators in Japan. The list includes companies operating now. The list includes companies operating now. It also lists foreign operators that have international car ferry lines to Japan.