Hahajima
Sign in to saveAlso known as Haha-jima, Haha Jima, Haha Island, Hahajima Island, Haha Jima Island, Engel Island, Engel's Island, Engel
Hahajima, Haha Jima, or is the second-largest island within the Bonin or Ogasawara Islands SSE of the Japanese Home Islands. The steeply-sloped island, which is about in area, has a population of 440. It is part of Ogasawara Village in Ogasawara Subprefecture, which is approximately south of Tokyo, Japan.
Key facts
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- Hahajima
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- Map of the Hahajima Rettō (Imōtojima is mislabeled as Tori-shima)
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- Hahajima
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- Pacific Ocean
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- Bonin Islands
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- 19.88
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- Chibusayama
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- 462
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- Japan
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- Prefecture
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- Tokyo
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- Subprefecture
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- Ogasawara
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- Village
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- Ogasawara
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- 440
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Hahajima, Haha Jima, or is the second-largest island within the Bonin or Ogasawara Islands SSE of the Japanese Home Islands. The steeply-sloped island, which is about in area, has a population of 440. It is part of Ogasawara Village in Ogasawara Subprefecture, which is approximately south of Tokyo, Japan.
The highest peaks Hahajima are Chibusayama (lit. Breast Mountain), approximately , and Sakaigatake, . It is part of an archipelago that includes Chichijima approximately to the north and the nearby smaller islands such as Anejima and Imōtojima and Mukōjima. The group forms the Hahajima Rettō (母島列島; formerly the "Baily Group").
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hahajima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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