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Okinotorishima (沖ノ鳥島, Okinotori-shima), or Parece Vela, is a coral reef, geologically an atoll, with two rocks enlarged with tetrapod-cement structures. It is administered by Japan with a total shoal area of 8,482 m 2 (2.10 acres) and land area 9.44 m 2 (101.6 sq ft). [1]
Iōtorishima (硫黄鳥島, Literal: "sulfur bird island") or Iwo Tori-shima, also called Okinawa Torishima (沖縄鳥島), is a volcanic island part of the Ryūkyū Island chain with the only [1] active volcano in Okinawa Prefecture.
Marcus Island: Japanese: 南鳥島 (Minamitori Shima) Parece Vela Reef: Japanese: 沖ノ鳥島 (Okinotori Shima) Rosario Island: Japanese: 西之島 (Nishino Shima) Volcano Islands: Japanese: 火山列島 (Kazan Rettō) Ōmura (大村) 2,871 [37] 104.35 km 2 (40 sq mi) [37] Palmyra Atoll [20] Incorporated territory of the United States: English ...
Geographic name servers: according to the NGIA GNS server, "Okino-tori-shima" is the BGN Standard. Japanese government also uses Okinotorishima. Okinotorishima gets 79 pages while Okinotori gets 17 pages and some of the latter are actually Okinotori-shima or Okinotori Shima.
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Japan possesses the Bonin Islands (also known as the Ogasawara Islands), [45] the Volcano Islands, and three remote islets (Nishinoshima, Minami-Tori-shima and Okinotorishima), all governed collectively as Ogasawara Village, which is an administrative division consisting of scattered island atolls located in the Pacific Ocean.
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]
Okino Torishima Island Ishigaki Island (southernmost inhabited point) Cape Sata (four main Islands) 20°25′N 24°44′N 30°59′N Bangladesh: Chera Dwip, St. Martin's Island border with Myanmar at Dakhinpara, Teknaf Upazila, Chittagong Division (mainland) 20°35′N 20°45′N Western Sahara: Cape Blanc (Ras Nouadibhou) 20°47′N Morocco*