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Kerama Islands
The are a subtropical island group southwest of Okinawa Island in Japan. Geography Four islands are inhabited: Tokashiki Island, Zamami Island, Aka Island, and Geruma Island. The islands are administered as Tokashiki Village and Zamami Village within Shimajiri District. The Kerama-shotō coral reef is a Ramsar Site. The archipelago consists of the following islands (-jima/-shima) - inhabited ones are highlighted in blue - and rocks (other suffixes, unnamed entries) with an area of at least 0.01 km². Flora The archipelago has several extensive coral reefs. Two of them were designated as Ramsar sites in November 2005: a 120-hectare area along the west coast of Tokashiki-jima and around Hanari-jima, and a 233-hectare area around Ijakaja-jima, Gahi-jima and Agenashiku-jima , i.e. H. between Aka Island and Zamami Island. These reefs are home to 248 different coral species, most notably of the Acropora genus. On March 5, 2014, the waters and the islands were placed under prot ...
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Tokashiki Island
is the largest of the Kerama Islands, a group of Japanese islands southwest of Okinawa in the Pacific Ocean. The island is administered as the village of Tokashiki in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest city o ..., Japan. Geography Tokashiki is a hilly island of about 15.29 square kilometers with sheer cliffs which descend down to the seas.Tokashiki Island
Kerama islands website. File:Aharen_Beach_On_Tokashiki_Island_2009_(7373).JPG, Aharen beach on Tokashiki island File:Tokashiku Beach on Tokashiki Island Okinawa 2018.png, Tokashiku beach


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Zamami Island
is an island in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Kerama Islands group and administered as the village of Zamami in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north .... Zamami Island is 24 kilometers in circumference. The island has 3 settlements, which are Zamami, Ama, and Asa. Attractions *Furuzamami Beach. It was ranked 4th in Japan in the “Travelers Choice World's Best Beach 2016” announced by Trip Advisor in 2016.「日本のベストビーチ10選」2位以下は沖縄が独占! それでは1位は?

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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Oceania in the west and the Americas in the east. At in area (as defined with a southern Antarctic border), this largest division of the World Ocean—and, in turn, the hydrosphere—covers about 46% of Earth's water surface and about 32% of its total surface area, larger than Earth's entire land area combined .Pacific Ocean
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Amuro Island
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Fukaji Island
is an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Kerama Islands group in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The Kerama Airport is an airport serving the Kerama Islands in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is located on , which is part of the Village of Zamami. The airport is linked by a road bridge to the islands of Geruma and Aka. The prefecture ... is located on Fukaji. There is an observatory for whale watching near the entrance of the airport. References Islands of Okinawa Prefecture Kerama Islands {{Okinawa-geo-stub ...
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