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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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    south-west of Okinawa Hontō and the second-largest island of the Yaeyama Island group, behind Iriomote Island. It is located approximately 411 km (255 mi) south-west...
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    includes all of the islands in the Yaeyama Islands excluding Ishigaki, Yonaguni, and the Senkaku Islands. This includes the islands of Iriomote, Yubu, Taketomi...
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  • Thumbnail for Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
    (secondary coordinates) Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (奄美大島、徳之島、沖縄島北部及び西表島) is a serial UNESCO...
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    the Further Isles: Miyako Islands Miyako-jima Ikema Ogami Irabu Island Shimoji Kurima-jima Minna Tarama Yaeyama Islands Iriomote Ishigaki Taketomi Kohama...
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    Aragusuku Island (Aragusuku-jima) Hateruma Island (Hateruma-jima) Iriomote Island (Iriomote-jima) Kayama Island (Kayama-jima) Kohama Island (Kohama-jima)...
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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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    Yaeyama Islands of the East China Sea. The park was established in 1972 as Iriomote National Park (西表国立公園) and included the islands of Iriomote, Kohama...
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    Yaeyama Islands (八重山列島, Yaeyama-rettō): Iriomote, Ishigaki, Taketomi, Kohama, Kuroshima, Aragusuku, Hatoma, Yubujima, Hateruma, Yonaguni Senkaku Islands (尖閣諸島...
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    Island (Ishigaki-jima) Taketomi Town Aragusuku Island (Aragusuku-jima) Hateruma Island (Hateruma-jima) Iriomote Island (Iriomote-jima) Kohama Island (Kohama-jima)...
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    The Iriomote submarine volcano is an active submarine volcano located 20 km (12 mi) north of Iriomote Island, Japan. The volcano is also known as the Submarine...
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    several ferries from Ishigaki Marina, Taketomi Island, and Iriomote Island. Yaeyama Kankō Ferry Ishigaki Island Port (Ritō Terminal): About 25 minutes one...
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  • Thumbnail for Iriomote Coal Mine
    The Iriomote Coal Mine (西表炭鉱, Iriomote tankō) was a producing coal mine in the northwestern area of Uchibanare and Iriomote Islands, Okinawa Prefecture...
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    Nypa fruticans (category Flora of the Ryukyu Islands)
    Society Islands of French Polynesia, the Mariana Islands, Panama, and Trinidad. Japan's Iriomote Island and its neighboring Uchibanari Island are the...
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  • Thumbnail for Nansei Islands subtropical evergreen forests
    Satakentia, is a palm tree that is endemic to Ishigaki Island and Iriomote Island in the Yaeyama Islands. The ecoregion corresponds to the Nansei Shoto Endemic...
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    1949) from Hainan Island Iriomote cat P. b. iriomotensis (Imaizumi, 1967) from the island of Iriomote, one of the Ryukyu Islands in the Japanese Archipelago;...
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    World Heritage Site of Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island. It is uncertain when Amami Ōshima...
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  • Islands in East China Sea occur on Iriomote Island of the Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa, Japan. Seven types of mangroves are recognised on Iriomote Island...
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    Kyushu (redirect from Kyushu Island)
    (registered in 1993) and Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (registered in 2021). Kyūshū's economy...
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    Jarvis Island, with the 2015–16 bleaching displaying the unprecedented severity in the record. About 94% of the corals on Japan's Iriomote Island in the...
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    Yakushima Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island...
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    each island, but primarily Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island, and Taketomi Island. Yonaguni, spoken on Yonaguni Island, is phonologically distinct but lexically...
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  • "Hokkaido Komagatake". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. "Iriomote Island". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. "Raikoke". Global...
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    family Lacertidae. It is endemic to the Yaeyama Islands (Ishigaki Island, Iriomote Island, Kohama Island and Kuroshima) in southern Japan. The name "Takydromus"...
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    Yaeyama-rettō) Iriomote Island (西表島, Iriomote-jima) Ishigaki Island (石垣島, Ishigaki-jima) Yonaguni (与那国島, Yonaguni-jima) Senkaku Islands (尖閣諸島, Senkaku-shotō)...
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    Kingdom of Ryukyu. (WHS), Ishigaki Island, Miyako Island, Iriomote Island, Traditional Ryukyuan Houses in Taketomi Island Groups of Traditional Buildings...
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  • Thumbnail for Ballast Island (Japan)
    off the coast of mainland Japan, located between the islands of Iriomote and Hatoma. The island sits at the center of a coral reef composed primarily...
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  • Thumbnail for Alpinia zerumbet
    Ishigaki Island, sami (サミ) on Taketomi Island and sa'nin (サニン) on Iriomote Island. It is known as souka (ソウカ) on Chichijima in the Bonin Islands and sōka...
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  • Ishigaki Island Aragusuku Island Hateruma Iriomote Island Kayama Island Kohama Island Kuroshima (Okinawa) Sotobanari Taketomi Island Yubu Island Hatoma...
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