Native name: Japanese: 北硫黄島 | |
|---|---|
 Kita-Ioto Island seen from the east | |
  North Iwo Jima | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 25°26′05″N 141°16′51″E / 25.43472°N 141.28083°E |
| Archipelago | Volcano Islands |
| Area | 5.57 km2 (2.15 sq mi) |
| Coastline | 8.0 km (4.97 mi) |
| Highest elevation | 792 m (2598 ft) |
| Highest point | Sakagi-ga-mine |
| Administration | |
Japan | |
| Prefecture | Tokyo |
| Subprefecture | Ogasawara Subprefecture |
| Village | Ogasawara |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Pop. density | 0/km2 (0/sq mi) |
North Iwo Jima (Japanese: 北硫黄島, Kita Iwōjima, "North Sulfur Island"),[1] now officially North or Kita Iōtō (written with the same characters) and previously known as Santo[2] or San Alessandro,[3] Hooge Meeuwen Island (Dutch: t'Hooge Meuwen Eylandt, "High Seagull Island"),[4] and North Sulfur Island, is the northernmost member of Japan's Volcano Islands. Together with the Bonin Islands, the Volcanos form the Ogasawara Archipelago and Subprefecture. Together with the Bonins and Izu Islands, they form the Nanpo Islands, all formally organized as part of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. North Iwo Jima is located 80 kilometers (50 mi) north of Iwo Jima, 207 kilometers (129 mi) SSW of Chichijima in the Bonins, and 1,170 kilometers (730 mi) south of Tokyo on Honshu. Previously inhabited by two Japanese villages from 1898 to 1944, it is currently a desert island.
- ^ Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan, Teikoku-Shoin Co., Ltd., Tokyo, ISBN 4-8071-0004-1
- ^ "Volcano Islands - Encyclopedia".
- ^ "Iwo-to Kaitaku no Hi (Iwo-to Cultivation Monument)", Official site, Chichijima: Ogasawara Village, 2023.
- ^ Von Siebold, Philipp Franz Bathasar (1852), Nippon..., Vol. I: Mathematische und Physische Geographie vom Reiche Japan (in German), Leiden, p. 148
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