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English: Location map of Japan. Equirectangular projection. Geographic limits to locate objects in the main map with the main islands: N: 45°51'37" N (45.86°N) S: 30°01'13" N (30.02°N) W: 128°14'24" E (128.24°E) E: 149°16'13" E (149.27°E) Geographic limits to locate objects in the side map with the Ryukyu Islands: N: 39°32'25" N (39.54°N)
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 Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands (Ōsumi, Tokara and Amami) and Okinawa Prefecture (Daitō Islands ...
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image = Japan location map with side map of the Ryukyu Islands.svg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" image1 = Japan natural location map with side map of the Ryukyu Islands.jpg An alternative map image, usually a relief map, which can be displayed via the relief or AlternativeMap parameters
name = Ryukyu Islands Name used in the default map caption; image = Location map Ryukyu Islands.png The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 31.959 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 23.312 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 119.817 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees ...
Its predecessor was the Ryukyu Kingdom, an independent nation until 1879. [3] Japan has de facto control over the disputed Senkaku Islands, claiming them as 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.
The Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests is a terrestrial ecoregion of the Ryukyu Islands, also known as the Nansei Islands, in Japan. The Nansei Islands are an island arc that stretches southwest from Kyushu towards Taiwan. The larger islands are mostly volcanic islands and the smaller ones mostly coral. The largest is Okinawa Island.