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Hashima Island (端島, or simply Hashima, as -shima is a Japanese suffix for 'island'), commonly called Gunkanjima (軍艦島, meaning 'Battleship Island'), is a tiny abandoned island off Nagasaki, lying about 15 kilometres (8 nautical miles) from the centre of the city.
Japanese islands outlined. Japan is an island country of 14,125 islands, of which approximately 260 are inhabited. [1] [2] Japan is the fourth-largest island country in the world, behind Australia, Indonesia, and Madagascar. [3]
Mitsukejima. Mitsukejima (見附島) is an uninhabited island in Suzu, Ishikawa, Japan.Because of its shape, it is also known as Gunkanjima (軍艦島, "Battleship Island"), which is also the common name given to Hashima Island in Nagasaki Prefecture.
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The Hashima meteorite of circa 1910, which landed in Hashima City (see meteorite falls) Hashima District, Gifu (羽島郡), a nearby district in Gifu Prefecture, Japan; Hashima Island (端島) (nicknamed Gunkanjima, which translates to "Battleship Island"), an uninhabited island in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan, formerly home to a coal mining facility
Hashima Island, Japan. Hashima Island was a Japanese mining town from 1887 to 1974. Once known for having the world's highest population density (in 1959 at 83,500 inhabitants per square kilometre or 216,000 inhabitants per square mile), the island was abandoned when the coal mines were closed down. [30]
The land area that makes up modern-day Gifu became part of the Yamato Court around the middle of the fourth century. Because it is in the middle of the island of Honshu, it has been the site of many decisive battles throughout Japan's history, the oldest major one being the Jinshin War in 672, which led to the establishment of Emperor Tenmu as the 40th emperor of Japan.
Devon Island, in the Canadian North, is the world's largest uninhabited island. Northeast Greenland National Park , which is the world's largest terrestrial protected area, has had a census population of 0 for many years since the only mine in the region closed.