Minamitorishima
Sign in to saveAlso known as Marcus Island, Minami-Tori-shima, Minamitorishima Island
sometimes Minami-Tori-shima or Minami-Torishima, also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located some southeast of Tokyo and east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima of the Volcano Islands, and nearly on a straight line between mainland Tokyo and Wake Island, further to the east-southeast. The closest island to Minamitorishima is East Island in the Mariana Islands, which is to the west-southwest.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Minamitorishima
- Islands.image_name
- Aerial-View-Minamitori-Island-1987.jpg
- Islands.image_caption
- Aerial photo of Minamitorishima from 1987
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- Ogasawara Minamitorishima.png
- Islands.native_name_lang
- ja
- Islands.location
- Pacific Ocean
- Islands.total_islands
- 1
- Islands.area_km2
- 1.51
- Islands.coastline_m
- 6000
- Islands.elevation_m
- 9
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Prefecture
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Tokyo
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1
- Subprefecture
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Ogasawara
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Village
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_2
- Ogasawara
- Islands.population
- no permanent residents
- Islands.timezone1
- JST
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Access
- Geography and geology
- Minamitorishima area rare-earth deposits
- Natural resources
- Wildlife
- Population
- History
- First known sightings
- Colonization and sovereignty contention
- World War II
- U.S. occupation
- Resumed Japanese administration
- Climate
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
sometimes Minami-Tori-shima or Minami-Torishima, also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, located some southeast of Tokyo and east of the closest Japanese island, South Iwo Jima of the Volcano Islands, and nearly on a straight line between mainland Tokyo and Wake Island, further to the east-southeast. The closest island to Minamitorishima is East Island in the Mariana Islands, which is to the west-southwest.
It is the easternmost territory belonging to Japan, and the only Japanese territory on the Pacific Plate, past the Japan Trench. Although small (), it is of strategic importance, as it enables Japan to claim a exclusive economic zone in the surrounding waters. It is also the easternmost territory of Tokyo, being administratively part of Ogasawara Subprefecture. No civilians live there, except personnel of the Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), and Japan Coast Guard serving temporary tours of duty on the island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Minamitorishima” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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