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This is a list of the lists of islands in the world grouped by country, by continent, by body of water, and by other classifications. For rank-order lists, see the other lists of islands below. Lists of islands by country [ edit ]
The 12 islands and islets comprising Kinmen mainland, Lieyu (small Kinmen), Da Dan, Er Dan, Dong Ding, Beiding, Cao islet, Hou islet, Jiangong islet, Fuxing islet, Menghu islet, Shi islet occupy an area of 150 square meters in total. ^ a b c 金門縣行政區域圖 [Kinmen County] (Map) (in Chinese (Taiwan) and English).
Japan is an island country of 14,125 islands, of which approximately 260 are inhabited. Japan is the fourth-largest island country in the world, behind Indonesia, Madagascar, and Papua New Guinea. Japan is also the second-most-populous island country in the world, only behind Indonesia. List of isla
Battle of Minatogawa (1336) Siege of Kanegasaki (1337) Battle of Ishizu (1338) ja:石津の戦い. Battle of Shijō Nawate (1348) Kannō Incident (1350–1352) ja:観応の擾乱. Battle of Uchidehama (1351) ja:打出浜の戦い. Battle of Chikugogawa (1359) ja:筑後川の戦い. Ōei Rebellion (1399) ja:応永の乱. Rebellion of Uesugi ...
Okinawa is the fifth largest island of Japan. The island has an area of 1,206.99 square kilometers (466.02 sq mi). The coastline is 476 kilometers (296 mi) long. [36] The straight-line distance is about 106.6 kilometers (66.2 mi) from north to south. [37] Okinawa is in the northeastern end of Okinawa Prefecture.
History of Japan. The first human inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago have been traced to the Paleolithic, around 38–39,000 years ago. [1] The Jōmon period, named after its cord-marked pottery, was followed by the Yayoi period in the first millennium BC when new inventions were introduced from Asia.
Honshu ( 本州, Honshū, pronounced [hoꜜɰ̃ɕɯː] ⓘ; lit. 'main island '), historically called Akitsushima (秋津島, lit.'Dragonfly island'), [3] [4] [5] is the largest and most populous island of Japan. [6] [7] It is located south of Hokkaidō across the Tsugaru Strait, north of Shikoku across the Inland Sea, and northeast of Kyūshū ...
