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    Tori-shima (Japanese: 鳥島, Hepburn: Tori-shima) 'Bird Island', or Izu-Torishima (Japanese: 伊豆鳥島, Hepburn: Izu-Torishima) 'Bird Island of Izu Province')...
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    Minamitorishima (南鳥島, lit. "Southern Bird Island") sometimes Minami-Tori-shima or Minami-Torishima, also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese...
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    Okinotorishima (沖ノ鳥島, Okinotori-shima), or Parece Vela, is a coral reef, geologically an atoll, with two rocks enlarged with tetrapod-cement structures...
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    classification Af) in the south such as the Yaeyama Islands and Minami-Tori-shima. Japan's varied geographical features divide it into six principal climatic...
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    It is divided into two distinct subpopulations, one of which breeds on Tori-shima in the Izu islands south of Japan, and the other primarily on the Senkaku...
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    (64.0 °F), which was measured on August 13, 1942. In contrast, Minami-Tori-shima has the highest annual average temperature in Japan. This is a small island...
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    remote islands. This includes the Bonin Islands, Daitō Islands, Minami-Tori-shima, Okinotorishima, the Ryukyu Islands, the Volcano Islands, Nansei Islands...
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  • Torishima (redirect from Tori-shima)
    Torishima, Tori-shima or Tori Shima, is a Japanese toponym or personal surname. Most versions of the name have the meaning Bird Island (鳥島 /とりしま), with...
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    Geography of the Bonin Islands Geography of Marcus Island Geography of Okino-tori-shima Geography of the Volcano Islands Environment of Oceania Climate of American...
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    of Tokyo. Udone-shima was inhabited during the Meiji era. Uninhabited since 1969 (then population 31, with a peak of 513) Tori-shima, the largest of the...
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    Squadron and the Iwo Jima Base Squadron (With a detachment on Minami-Tori-shima (Marcus Is.). 厚木航空基地 Retrieved February 8, 2017 (in Japanese) Thompson...
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    Iōtorishima (硫黄鳥島, Literal: "sulfur bird island") or Iwo Tori-shima, also called Okinawa Torishima (沖縄鳥島), is a volcanic island part of the Ryūkyū Island...
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    nesting sites in the world for the short-tailed albatross, alongside Tori-shima, Izu Islands. The islands are referred to as the Senkaku Islands (尖閣諸島...
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    metres (3,005 ft) Farther north but in the same volcanic arc is: Nishino-shima (西之島, literally Western Island), 4.10 square kilometres (1.58 sq mi), 200...
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    Islands), the Volcano Islands, and three remote islets (Nishinoshima, Minami-Tori-shima and Okinotorishima), all governed collectively as Ogasawara Village, which...
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    Hachijō Izu Ōshima Kōzu Miyake-jima Mikura-jima Nii-jima Shikine Toshima Tori-shima Udonejima Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands) Mukojima Rettō Chichijima...
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  • Thumbnail for Battle of Wake Island
    many small islands or atolls were bypassed, like Wake, including Minami Tori Shima ("Southern Bird Island"  aka Marcus Island). It was a remote island to...
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    Islands North Iwo Jima (Kita-Iōtō) Iwo Jima (Iōtō) South Iwo Jima (Minami-Iōtō) Nishinoshima (West) Other Minami-Tori-shima (West) Okinotorishima (South)...
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    the North Pacific had a vast frontage from the Kuril Islands to Minami-Tori-shima, and patrols in this vast sea area with few islands had not been easy...
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    name: Japanese: 母島 Map of the Hahajima Rettō (Imōtojima is mislabeled as Tori-shima) Hahajima Geography Location Pacific Ocean Coordinates 26°39′N 142°10′E...
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    Islands: Okinawa Island, Kume, Iheya, Izena, Aguni, Ie (Iejima), Iwo Tori Shima (Iōtorishima) Kerama Islands: Tokashiki, Zamami, Aka, Geruma Sakishima...
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    map, showing surface and underwater terrain and islands such as Minami-Tori-Shima, Benten-jima, Okinotorishima, and Yonaguni Japan in the Paleolithic List...
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  • Washington, a town, United States Marcus Island, Japan, also known as Minami-Tori-shima Mărcuș River, Romania Marcus Township, Cherokee County, Iowa, United States...
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    cycle. On September 2, Ioke passed about 50 mi (80 km) north of Minami-Tori-shima with winds of about 125 mph (200 km/h). Gradual weakening continued, and...
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    Islands North Iwo Jima (Kita-Iōtō) Iwo Jima (Iōtō) South Iwo Jima (Minami-Iōtō) Nishinoshima (West) Other Minami-Tori-shima (West) Okinotorishima (South)...
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  • Torishima LORAN-C transmitter, is a former LORAN-C transmitter on Minami-Tori-shima (Marcus Island) in Ogasawara, Tokyo, Japan at (24°17′8″N 153°58′54″E...
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  • Indonesia 1928 151 Mount Ruapehu ? New Zealand 1953 Tangiwai disaster 150 Tori-shima 3 Japan 1902 149 Dieng Volcanic Complex 1 Indonesia 1979 1979 eruption...
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  • Thumbnail for Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
    Islands North Iwo Jima (Kita-Iōtō) Iwo Jima (Iōtō) South Iwo Jima (Minami-Iōtō) Nishinoshima (West) Other Minami-Tori-shima (West) Okinotorishima (South)...
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  • the 16th century, through Europeans. The most isolated island, Minami-Tori-shima (also known as Marcus Island) is 2,000 kilometers removed from Tokyo,...
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    780 Nanpō Islands 862,782 333,122 Sea of Japan 630,721 243,523 Minami-Tori-shima 428,875 165,590 Sea of Okhotsk 235 91 Daitō Islands 44 17 Senkaku Islands...
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