South Iwo Jima

Minami- Iwo Jima (Japanese南 硫黄岛, Minami- iota, literally, " south sulfur island " ) is the southernmost of the archipelago of the Ogasawara Islands islands belonging Kazan RETTO ( volcanic islands ), which lie south of the main Japanese islands. As the entire island group, it is one administratively to the Prefecture Tokyo. On 18 June 2007 the renaming of Minami- Iojima to Minami - iota, in which the customer reading was changed back to the earlier of岛On- reading took place.

Geography

Minami- Iwo Jima is located 60 km south of Iwo Jima and good 1300 km south of Tokyo. The nearly circular island, in one coastal length of 7.5 km along an area of 3.54 km ² and reaches a height of 916 meters above the sea. Thus Minami- Iwo Jima island is the highest of the entire Ogasawara archipelago represents the next island to the south is of a good 600 km away Farallon de Pajaros, one of the Northern Mariana Islands. The island consists of a stratovolcano, which is less than 700,000 years erupted for the last time.

Minami- Iwo Jima is one of five Japanese " areas intended to preserve the pristine, natural environment " (原 生 自然环境 保全 地域, gensei shizen Kankyo Hozen chiiki ). The uninhabited island is since 17 May 1975 nature protection.