Nakanoshima (Kagoshima)

Nakanoshima (Kagoshima)
Nakanoshima
Native name: 中之島, Nakanoshima

Dawn at Nakanoshima (May 2007)
Geography
Location East Asia
Coordinates 29°51′0″N 129°52′12″E / 29.85°N 129.87°E / 29.85; 129.87Coordinates: 29°51′0″N 129°52′12″E / 29.85°N 129.87°E / 29.85; 129.87
Archipelago Japanese archipelago
Area 34.47 km2 (13.309 sq mi)
Length 9 km (5.6 mi)
Width 5 km (3.1 mi)
Coastline 31.8 km (19.76 mi)
Highest elevation 979 m (3,212 ft)
Highest point Mount O
Country
Japan
Prefectures Kagoshima
District Kagoshima District
Village Toshima
Demographics
Population 167 (as of 2004)
Density 4.84 /km2 (12.54 /sq mi)

Nakanoshima (中之島?) is a volcanic island located in the Tokara Islands, part of the Nansei Islands, Japan. It is the largest and most populous island of the islands in Toshima village.[1] The island had 167 inhabitants as of 2004.[2]

The dimensions of the island are 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) by 5 kilometres (3.1 mi). The northern end of the island is dominated by Otake (御岳 O-take?)[3], an active volcano which last erupted in 1914. The mountain was mined for sulphur until 1944. A small plateau separates Otake from eroded remains of another volcano.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "中之島（ナカノシマ）" (in Japanese). Official Website of Toshima Village. Toshima Village, Kagoshima. http://www.tokara.jp/profile/naka.html. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 
  2. ^ "人口". Population Statistics. Tokara Village, Kagoshima. 2004-03-31. http://www.tokara.jp/administration/pdf/jinkou.pdf. Retrieved 2009-04-24. [dead link]
  3. ^ "NAKANO-SHIMA". Quaternary Volcanoes in Japan. Geological Survey of Japan, AIST. 2006. http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/strata/VOL_JP/EN/vol/7.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 
  4. ^ "Nakano-shima". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/volcano.cfm?vnum=0802-04=. Retrieved 2009-04-24. 


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