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Okinotorishima is located on the Palau–Kyushu Ridge in the Philippine Sea, 534 km (332 mi) southeast of Okidaitōjima and 567 km (352 mi) west-southwest of South Iwo Jima in the Bonin Islands or 1,740 km (1,080 mi) south of Tokyo, Japan.
^b Although Japan claims this island as part of Hokkaido, this territory is disputed and Iturup is currently under Russian administration. ^c The monument marking the southernmost point of Japan is located in Haterume, because of the remote location of Okinotorishima.
Iotourishima is located 65 km west of Tokunoshima Island. On exceptionally clear days, Iōtorishima can be seen from the west coast of Tokunoshima. The 2.50 km 2 [2] large island consists of two interconnected volcanoes made from andesite. The southern Gusuku kazan (グスク火山, "Castle Volcano") is a lava dome located in the center of the ...
"Remote Bird Island") 0.01 km 2; Minamitorishima (南鳥島, lit. "Southern Bird Island"; also known as Marcus Island) 1.40 km 2; The southernmost (uninhabited) group is known as the Volcano Islands. 700 km further south is Okinotorishima, and 1,900 km further east is Minamitorishima.
A map showing the location of Okinotorishima. P. okitoriensis is known from only one female holotype found in January 2006 off Japan's southernmost atoll, Okinotorishima, at a depth somewhere between 900 and 1,500 m (3,000 and 4,900 ft). [1] It was the 12th species of Paralomis described from Japanese waters. [1]
] Okinotorishima went unclaimed until the Japanese arrived in the territory in 1931, with the atoll becoming the southernmost point in Japan. [7] Japan claims that Okinotorishima is an islet, and accordingly claims a large exclusive economic zone (EEZ) around the island under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS).
Tori-shima (Izu Islands) or Izu Torishima, the island of the Izu Islands, Hachijō Subprefecture, Tokyo; Minami-Tori-shima (South Bird Island) or Marcus Island, Ogasawara, Tokyo, the easternmost point of Japan; Okinotorishima (Remote Bird Island), Ogasawara, Tokyo, the southernmost point of Japan; Kume Torishima or Okinawa Torishima, Kumejima ...
Izu-Torishima Island seen from the west, 2002. Tori-shima is located in the Philippine Sea approximately 600 km (373 mi) south of Tokyo and 76 km (47 mi) north of Lot's Wife. The roughly circular-shaped island is listed as a Class A active volcano by the Japan Meteorological Agency.