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Sarushima
Sign in to save, is a small island located off Yokosuka, Kanagawa in Japan. It is the only natural island in Tokyo Bay. Sarushima was used as a battery by the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period, and after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the island was developed as part of the Yokosuka Navy Yard.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Sarushima
- Islands.native_name
- 猿島
- Islands.sobriquet
- Monkey Island
- Islands.image_name
- File:猿島.jpg
- Islands.image_size
- 300px
- Islands.image_caption
- Sarushima from the air
- Islands.image_alt
- The island of Sarushima is golden on a late August day. In the lower right corner a few men on the deck of a boat look back at the island
- Islands.pushpin_map
- Japan Tokyo Bay and Boso Peninsula#Japan Kanagawa Prefecture
- Islands.location
- Yokosuka, Kanagawa
- Islands.area_km2
- 0.055
- Islands.coastline_km
- 1.6
- Islands.elevation_m
- 39.3
- Islands.country
- Japan
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 0.055
- Elevation
- 39.3
- Official website
- sarushima.jp
- Image
- Sarushima (Yokosuka).jpg
- Width
- 0.2
- Length
- 0.5
- Perimeter
- 1.6
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- Sarushima, Yokosuka
- postal code
- 238-0019
- native label
- 猿島
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, is a small island located off Yokosuka, Kanagawa in Japan. It is the only natural island in Tokyo Bay. Sarushima was used as a battery by the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period, and after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the island was developed as part of the Yokosuka Navy Yard.
Matthew C. Perry named the island Perry Island in 1853.
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