Nakōdo-jima
Native name: Japanese: 媒島 | |
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 Aerial view of Nakōdo-jima, courtesy of MLIT | |
  Nakōdo-jima | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Pacific Ocean |
| Coordinates | 27°37′40″N 142°10′42″E / 27.62778°N 142.17833°E |
| Archipelago | Ogasawara Islands |
| Area | 1.37 km2 (0.53 sq mi)[1] |
| Highest elevation | 154.9 m (508.2 ft)[2] |
| Administration | |
Japan | |
| Prefecture | Tokyo |
| Subprefecture | Ogasawara Subprefecture |
| Village | Ogasawara |
| Demographics | |
| Population | uninhabited |
Nakōdo-jima (媒島) is an uninhabited Japanese island in the Mukojima Islands (formerly known as the Parry Group), the northernmost island group of the Bonin Islands, in the village of Ogasawara, Tokyo Metropolis. The entire island and its surrounding waters form part of Ogasawara National Park,[3] while an area of 147 hectares (360 acres) including surrounding reefs forms part of the Ogaswara Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site.[4]
Geography
The highest point on the island (and the Muko-jima Group) is Mount Byōbu (屏風山), at 154.9 metres (508 ft).[2][5]
Natural history
The island is a breeding ground for the brown booby (Sula leucogaster) and black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes).[6] Vegetation, including Pandanus boninensis, Lobelia boninensis, and Cirsium boninense, has been recovering since the eradication of goats introduced when the island was inhabited between the 1880s and 1944, and feral once the island was again uninhabited.[2][6][7][8]
Related maps and images
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US AMS 1945 map of the southern islands in the Mukojima Islands -
View of Nakōdo-jima from the sea
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See also
References
- ^ 全国都道府県市区町村別面積調 [National Area by Prefecture, City, Ward, Town, and Village] (PDF) (in Japanese). Geospatial Information Authority of Japan. 1 October 2020. p. 86. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ ISSN 0286-8385.
- ^ 区域図 聟島、西之島、北硫黄島 [Area Map: Mukojima, Nishinoshima, North Iwojima] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Ogaswara Islands: Maps". UNESCO. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Mukojima islands". BirdLife International. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ a b "Nomination of the Ogaswara Islands for Inscription on the World Heritage List: Appendix 1 — Management Plan" (PDF). Government of Japan. January 2010. p. 77. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ISSN 0387-9844.
- ISSN 0913-400X.