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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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    Aragusuku Island (Aragusuku-jima) Hateruma Island (Hateruma-jima) Iriomote Island (Iriomote-jima) Kayama Island (Kayama-jima) Kohama Island (Kohama-jima)...
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  • Thumbnail for Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park
    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Herb passed roughly 16 to 20 km (9.9 to 12.4 mi) southwest of Iriomote Island. On the island, a barometric pressure of 927.1 mbar (hPa; 27.38 inHg) was measured...
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  • west of Japan and to the east of Taiwan. Iriomote is the name of the largest island in the group. The Iriomote tit was first described by the Japanese...
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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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  • 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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    Kingdom of Ryukyu. (WHS), Ishigaki Island, Miyako Island, Iriomote Island, Traditional Ryukyuan Houses in Taketomi Island Groups of Traditional Buildings...
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  • kofungun, Furuichi kofungun Amami-Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island Kagoshima Prefecture, Okinawa Prefecture...
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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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