Nii-jima
Volcanic island in Japan that is one of the Izu islands / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nii-jima (新島) is a volcanic Japanese island[1] administered by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. It is one of the Izu Seven Islands group of the seven northern islands of the Izu archipelago, and is located approximately 163 kilometres (101 mi) south of Tōkyō and 36 kilometres (22 mi) south of Shimoda Shizuoka Prefecture. The island is the larger inhabited component of the village of Niijima Village, Ōshima Subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis, which also contains the neighboring island of Shikine-jima and the smaller, uninhabited Jinai-tō. Nii-jima is also within the boundaries of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.
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Native name: 新島 | |
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Geography | |
Location | Izu Islands |
Coordinates | 34°22′N 139°16′E |
Archipelago | Izu Islands |
Area | 23.87 km2 (9.22 sq mi) |
Length | 11,000 m (36000 ft) |
Width | 3,000 m (10000 ft) |
Highest elevation | 432 m (1417 ft) |
Administration | |
Japan | |
Prefecture | Tokyo |
Subprefecture | Ōshima Subprefecture |
Village | Niijima |
Demographics | |
Population | 2700 (September 2009) |
Additional information | |
On the southern tip of Nii-jima, there was formerly a launch site for experimental and sounding rockets.