Bōyo Islands
34°5′16.53″N 132°41′24.45″E / 34.0879250°N 132.6901250°E
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The Bōyo Islands (防予諸島, Bōyo-shotō or Hōyo-shotō[1]) are a group of 41 islands that belong to Yamaguchi and Ehime Prefectures in the Inland Sea. The largest by far is Suō-Ōshima, or Yashiro Island.
List of islands
[edit]The islands are categorized into the following groups:
- Heigun-tō, 平郡島
- Suō Oshima Islands
- Suō-Ōshima, or Yashiro Island
- Nasake-jima, 情島
- Okikamuro Island, # 沖家室島
- 3 others
- 5 in the Kumage group
- Kutsuna Islands (29)
- Nakashima Island (Ehime)
- Kuwaji Island, 津和地島
- Newaji Island, 怒和島
- Futakami Island, 二神島
- Muzuki Island, 睦月島
- Nogutsuna Island, 野忽那島
- Yuri Island, 由利島
- Tsurushi Island, 釣島 (uninhabited)
- Gogo Island, 興居島 (uninhabited)
- Hashima Island (Yamaguchi), 端島 (山口県) (uninhabited)
- Hashira Island, 柱島
- 18 more uninhabited
References
[edit]- ^ Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan, ISBN 4-8071-0004-1
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