The are a small uninhabited
Japanese island group in the
East China Sea
The East China Sea is an arm of the Western Pacific Ocean, located directly offshore from East China. It covers an area of roughly . The sea’s northern extension between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula is the Yellow Sea, separated b ...
situated approximately south-southwest of the
Gotō Islands and administratively part of the
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
of
Gotō,
Nagasaki Prefecture.
The five main islands of , , , and together stretch some from north to south and cover an area of .
The islands, their flora, and their fauna are protected as a
Natural Monument,
Biotic Community Protection Forest,
, and
Important Bird Area
An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.
IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...
.
Birds found on the islands include the
Japanese murrelet,
streaked shearwater
The streaked shearwater (''Calonectris leucomelas'') is a species of seabird. The adult bird averages in length, with a wingspan. Description
The streaked shearwater feeds mainly on fish and squid. It follows fishing boats, attracted to ancho ...
,
brown booby
The brown booby (''Sula leucogaster'') is a large seabird of the booby family Sulidae, of which it is perhaps the most common and widespread species. It has a pantropical range, which overlaps with that of other booby species. The gregarious brow ...
,
Ryukyu robin,
Japanese wood pigeon, and
Pleske's grasshopper warbler
Styan's grasshopper warbler (''Helopsaltes pleskei''), also known as Pleske's grasshopper warbler and Taczanowski's warbler, is a species of Old World warbler in the family Locustellidae. It breeds in eastern Siberia to Korea, Kyushu and Izu Isl ...
.
Maps and images
USAMS Japan Map Series L772 Danjo Gunto, North.jpg, Danjo Islands (North)
( USAMS 1945)
USAMS Japan Map Series L772 Danjo Gunto, South.jpg, Danjo Islands (South)
( USAMS 1945)
Me-Shima Island of Danjo Islands Aerial photograph.jpg, Me-shima
( MLIT 1978)
See also
*
Fukue Island
*
Jeju Island
References
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Gotō, Nagasaki
Islands of Nagasaki Prefecture
Archipelagoes of Japan
Islands of the East China Sea
Natural monuments of Japan
Important Bird Areas of Japan