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    Iriomote Island (西表島, Iriomote-jima, Yaeyama: Irïmutii; Iriomote: Irimutii; Okinawan: Iriumuti) is the largest of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan, and the...
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    The Iriomote cat (Prionailurus bengalensis iriomotensis) is a subspecies of the leopard cat that lives exclusively on the Japanese island of Iriomote. It...
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    Miyako-jima) Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島, Yaeyama-rettō) Iriomote Island (西表島, Iriomote-jima) Ishigaki Island (石垣島, Ishigaki-jima) Yonaguni (与那国島, Yonaguni-jima)...
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    (Ishigaki-jima) Taketomi Town (Yaeyama District) Aragusuku Island (Aragusuku-jima) Hateruma Island (Hateruma-jima) Iriomote Island (Iriomote-jima) Kayama...
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    the Yaeyama Islands, and is located 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of Iriomote-jima, the largest of the island group. Hateruma, which is composed of corals...
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    Aragusuku Island (Aragusuku-jima) Hateruma Island (Hateruma-jima) Iriomote Island (Iriomote-jima) Kohama Island (Kohama-jima) Kuroshima Island (Kuroshima)...
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  • Thumbnail for Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
    "Heisei 28 nendo dai 1 kai Amami Ōshima, Tokunoshima, Okinawa-jima hokubu oyobi Iriomote-jima sekai shizen isan kōhochi kagaku iinnkai giji gaiyō (jogen...
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  • the Okinawan word for "west" is iri, which appears in the name of Iriomote-jima. Gusuku (城) meaning "castle" is also common in place names in Okinawa...
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    Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group, behind Iriomote Island. It is located approximately 411 km (255 mi) south-west of Okinawa...
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    Further Isles: Miyako Islands Miyako-jima Ikema Ogami Irabu Island Shimoji Kurima-jima Minna Tarama Yaeyama Islands Iriomote Ishigaki Taketomi Kohama Kuroshima...
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    "Diversity of drosophilid flies on Kume-jima, a subtropical island: comparison with diversity on Iriomote-jima". Entomological Science. 11 (1): 7–15. doi:10...
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    Yubu Island (由布島, Yubu-jima) is an island of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan, it is located about 0.5 miles east of Iriomote Island. The "Subtropical Botanical...
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    while rapidly intensifying. The storm struck the Japanese island of Iriomote-jima, where wind gusts reached 204 km/h (127 mph). It also affected Taiwan...
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    on other Ryukyu islands, such as Tokashiki-jima, Ishigaki-jima, and Iriomote-jima. Scolopendra alcyona is in the family Scolopendridae, specifically in...
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    southeast side of the island of Iriomote, one of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan. Nakama River Conservation District, Iriomote-jima, Okinawa Information v t e...
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    Ryukyu Islands. Total rainfall amounts peaked at 136 mm (5.4 in) in Iriomote-jima. Two other stations recorded rainfall totals in excess of 100 mm (3...
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  • Thumbnail for 2003 Pacific typhoon season
    well-defined eye, and while doing so passed over the Japanese island of Iriomote-jima at around 2030 UTC on June 17. At 0600 UTC on June 18, the JTWC estimated...
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  • Thumbnail for Typhoon Lekima
    (US$1.55 million). Gusts in Miyako-jima reached 168 km/h (104 mph), while gusts in Shimojishima Airport and Iriomote-jima reached 156 km/h (97 mph) and 125 km/h...
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  • Nakara-gawa) is a river located on the western side of the island of Iriomote, one of the Yaeyama Islands of Japan. The mean annual temperature is 23...
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    for cattle. Aragusuku is administered by the town of Taketomi on nearby Iriomote. The island can be accessed via tours. The Aragusuku Islands used to be...
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  • Yaeyama no kenkyū 沖縄八重山の研究 (in Japanese). Matsuo Kōichi 松尾恒一 (2012). "Iriomote-jima no inasaku girei to ryūsen kyōsō 西表島の稲作儀礼と龍船競争". In Matsuo Kōichi 松尾恒一...
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    developed on August 23 as Goni passed east of Taiwan. The eye crossed over Iriomote-jima and Ishigaki, both part of the southern Ryukyu Islands. Late on August 23...
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    rainfall in the outer regions of Japan, peaking at 28 mm (1.1 in) on Iriomote-jima. The highest wind gust was 72 km/h (45 mph) on Yonaguni. Omar damaged...
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    Islands, at the southern end of the Ryukyu Islands. It is to the west of Iriomote Island, its nearest large neighbour. It is administered as part of the...
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    Islands: Miyakojima, Ikema, Ōgami, Irabu, Shimoji, Kurima-jima, Minna, Tarama Yaeyama Islands: Iriomote, Ishigaki, Taketomi, Kohama, Kuroshima, Aragusuku, Hatoma...
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    Capillipedium kuoi - Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet Capillipedium kwashotense - Taiwan, Iriomote-jima Capillipedium laoticum - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam Capillipedium leucotrichum...
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  • 1854 (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae) from Kuroshima Is. and Iriomote-jima Is., the Yaeyama Isls., southwestern Japan". Elytra, To k y o, New Series...
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    H.; Doi, N.; Shirao, M.; Araki, Y. (1982). "Geology of Ishigaki-jima and Iriomote-jima Yaeyama Gunto, Ryukyu Islands". Contributions from the Institute...
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  • Thumbnail for Achalinus formosanus
    formosanus chigirai occurs at low altitudes (below 200 m (660 ft)) on the Iriomote-jima and Ishigaki Islands, both belonging to the Yaeyama Group. Achalinus...
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    Hatoma (鳩間島, Hatoma-jima; Yaeyama: Patuma; Okinawan: Hatuma) is a small island of the Yaeyama Islands, approximately 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) in diameter....
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