List of islands of Japan by area

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Japan has 6,852 islands. Approximately 430 are inhabited.[1][2] This list provides basic geographical data of the most prominent islands belonging or claimed by Japan.

Name area, sq.km maximal height, m population Prefecture
Honshu 225800 3776 104000000 34 prefectures
Hokkaido 83423 2290 5348102 Hokkaido
Kyushu 36782 1791 12970479 7 prefectures
Shikoku 18297 1982 3796687 4 prefectures
Iturup☒N 3174 1634 7500 Hokkaido
Kunashir☒N 1490 1819 7800 Hokkaido
Okinawa 1206 503 1301462 Okinawa
Sado 854 1172 55474 Niigata
Amami Ōshima 712.35 694 73000 Kagoshima
Tsushima 708.7 649 39716 Nagasaki
Awaji 592 606 157000 Hyōgo
Shimoshima, Amakusa 574.01 538.4 87191 Kumamoto
Yakushima 504 1935 13178 Kagoshima
Tanegashima 444 282 33000 Kagoshima
Fukue 326 461 38481 Nagasaki
Iriomote 289 469.5 2347 Okinawa
Tokunoshima 247 645 27000 Kagoshima
Shikotan☒N 247 412 2100 Hokkaido
Dōgojima 241.58 607 14849 Shimane
Kamishima, Amakusa 225 682 34412 Kumamoto
Ishigaki 222 525.5 47000 Okinawa
Rishiri 183 1721 5102 Hokkaido
Nakadori 168 442 20167 Nagasaki
Hirado 163 535 21355 Nagasaki
Miyako-jima 158 114.8 55914 Okinawa
Shōdoshima 153 816.7 28764 Kagawa
Okushiri 142 584 3343 Hokkaido
Iki 134 212.9 28008 Nagasaki
Suō-Ōshima 128 691 19739 Yamaguchi
Okinoerabujima 93 246 15000 Kagoshima
Etajima 91 399.8 24596 Hiroshima
Izu Ōshima 91 764 8179 Tokyo
Nagashima, Kagoshima 90.62 403 10120 Kagoshima
Rebun 80 490 3194 Hokkaido
Kakeromajima 77.39 314 1600 Kagoshima
Kurahashi-jima 69.46 491.1 19565 Hiroshima
Shimokoshiki-jima 66.12 604 2780 Kagoshima
Ōmishima, Ehime 64.54 437 23398 Ehime
Hachijō-jima 62.52 854.3 8363 Tokyo
Kume Island 59.11 310.4 10000 Okinawa
Zelenyj, Habomai☒N 58.38 45 0 Hokkaido
Kikaijima 56.93 214 7657 Kagoshima
Nishinoshima 55.97 452 3400 Shimane
Miyake-jima 55.44 775.1 2415 Tokyo
Notojima 46.78 196.8 3187 Ishikawa
Kamikoshiki-jima 45.08 423 2796 Kagoshima
Ōshima (Ehime) 41.87 381.9 1800 Ehime
Ōsakikamijima 38.27 452.6 3187 Hiroshima
Kuchinoerabu-jima 38.04 657 147 Kagoshima
Hisaka 37.23 357 395 Nagasaki
Innoshima 35.03 390 27465 Hiroshima
Nakanoshima 34.47 979 167 Kagoshima
Hario 33.16 174 9767 Nagasaki
Nakanoshima 32.21 164 2400 Shimane
Ikuchi-jima 31.21 472.3 9310 Hiroshima
Wakamatsu 31.13 339.2 1661 Nagasaki
Minamidaitōjima 30.57 75 2107 Okinawa
Itsukushima 30.33 535 1800 Hiroshima
Ōyano-jima 29.88 229 14729 Kumamoto
Irabu-jima 29.06 89 6283 Okinawa
Yonaguni 28.88 231.4 1745 Okinawa
Suwanosejima 27.66 796 48 Kagoshima
Uku-jima 24.94 258 2575 Nagasaki
Naru Island 23.65 276 2776 Nagasaki
Chichijima 23.45 326 2000 Tokyo
Mukaishima 23.31 283 28000 Hiroshima
Ie-jima 23 172.2 4198 Okinawa
Nii-jima 22.97 432 2700 Tokyo
Naka-jima, Ehime 21.17 293 2938 Ehime
Iwo Jima 21 161 0 Tokyo
Hakata 20.93 304 7683 Ehime
Yoronjima 20.8 98 6000 Kagoshima
Iheya-jima 20.66 98 1214 Okinawa
Mikura-jima 20.45 851 351 Tokyo
Hahajima 19.88 462 450 Tokyo
Tarama-jima 19.81 34.2 1185 Okinawa
Kamikamagari-jima 18.81 457 2658 Hiroshima
Kōzu-shima 18.48 571 1952 Tokyo
Ōsakishimo-jima 17.82 449 6000 Hiroshima
Fukushima, Nagasaki 17.26 141 3202 Nagasaki
Shishi-jima 17.05 393 1050 Kagoshima
Ikitsuki, Nagasaki 16.58 286 7014 Nagasaki
Heigun 16.56 468 591 Yamaguchi
Takashima, Nagasaki 16.18 117 2487 Nagasaki
Izena 15.44 119.9 1518 Okinawa
Kuroshima 15.37 621.9 199 Kagoshima
Tokashiki 15.31 227 750 Okinawa
Azuchi-Ōshima 15.16 177 1269 Nagasaki
Ōmi-jima 14.81 319.9 1200 Yamaguchi
Teshima 14.5 339.8 1200 Kagawa
Chiburijima 13.7 325 650 Shimane
Nagashima, Yamaguchi 13.69 314 2000 Yamaguchi
Uke 13.35 400 200 Kagoshima
Kuchinoshima 13.33 628.5 140 Kagoshima
Hateruma 12.73 59.5 490 Okinawa
Goshoura 12.53 442.4 3615 Kumamoto
Tanfil'eva, Habomai☒N 12.42 18 0 Hokkaido
Ojika 12.27 111 2433 Nagasaki
Oshima 12.08 163 5725 Nagasaki
Kitadaitōjima 11.94 74 660 Okinawa
Hiroshima, Kagawa 11.72 453 800 Kagawa
Kasado-jima 11.67 255.8 800 Yamaguchi
Iōjima 11.65 703.7 121 Kagoshima
Polonskogo, Habomai☒N 10.91 16 0 Hokkaido
Hikoshima 10.58 111.8 30182 Yamaguchi
Kinkasan 10.28 445 6 Miyagi
Kakuishima 10.13 245 12 Okayama
Okinoshima 10.02 404 283 Kōchi
Kuroshima 10.02 15.3 220 Okinawa
Yuri☒N 9.9 44 0 Hokkaido
Awashima, Niigata 9.86 265.6 265 Niigata
Oshima (Hokkaido) 9.73 732.4 0 Hokkaido

☒Nclaimed but not controlled

See also

References

This article used material from Japanese Wikipedia page 日本の島の一覧, accessed 28 July 2017

  1. ^ Look Japan, Vol. 43, Issues 493-504, p. 35; retrieved 2013-3-2.
  2. ^ "離島とは(島の基礎知識)" (in Japanese). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. Archived from the original (website) on November 13, 2007. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
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