Izu Ōshima
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ōshima, Izu Oshima Island, Izu Óšima (Izu, Japonsko : ostrov)
island in Tokyo, Japan
Key facts
- Location
- Izu Islands
- Area
- 91.06 km (35.16 sq mi)
- Coastline
- 52 km (32.3 mi)
- Highest elevation
- 764 m (2507 ft)
- Prefecture
- Tokyo
- Subprefecture
- Ōshima Subprefecture
- Town
- Ōshima
- Population
- 8,179 (October 2015)
- Pop density
- 89.81/km (232.61/sq mi)
- Ethnic groups
- Japanese
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- volcanic island
- Named after
- Izu Province
- Country
- Japan
- Located in
- Tokyo
- Capital
- Oshima
- Population
- 8514
- Area
- 90.73
- Elevation
- 764
- Time zone
- UTC+09:00
- Body of water
- Pacific Ocean
- Highest point
- Mount Mihara
- Official website
- www.town.oshima.tokyo.jp
- Image
- Landsat IzuOshima Island.jpg
- Width
- 11
- Length
- 13
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- located in protected area
- Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park
- Commons category
- Izu Ōshima
- located in/on physical feature
- Izu Islands
- taxon found at location
- Prunus speciosa
- coextensive with
- Oshima
- native label
- 利島
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Encyclopedic overview
Izu Ōshima (伊豆大島, Izu-ōshima) is an inhabited volcanic island in the Izu archipelago and borders Sagami Bay and the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Honshu, Japan, 22 km (14 mi) east of the Izu Peninsula and 36 km (22 mi) southwest of Bōsō Peninsula. As with the other islands in the Izu Island group, Izu Ōshima forms part of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Izu Ōshima, at 91.06 km (35.16 sq mi) is the largest and closest of Tokyo's outlying islands, which also include the Ogasawara Islands.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Izu Ōshima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.