is a
volcanic,
deserted island located in the
Philippine Sea
The Philippine Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean east of the Philippine archipelago (hence the name), the largest in the world, occupying an estimated surface area of . The Philippine Sea Plate forms the floor of the sea. Its ...
approximately south of
Tokyo and southwest of
Mikura-jima, in the center of the
Izu archipelago,
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 ...
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Geography
The island is an
andesite pillar with sheer sides, the only visible portion of a submarine
volcanic caldera. The above sea-level portion has a surface area of approximately 0.005 square kilometers, with a summit height of . Located in the
Kuroshio Current, the area has abundant sea life, and is popular with sports fishermen and scuba divers.
See also
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Izu Islands
The are a group of volcanic islands stretching south and east from the Izu Peninsula of Honshū, Japan. Administratively, they form two towns and six villages; all part of Tokyo Prefecture. The largest is Izu Ōshima, usually called simply Ō ...
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Desert island
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List of islands
External links
Quaternary Volcanoes in Japan*
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Izu Islands
Uninhabited islands of Japan
Extinct volcanoes
Stacks of Japan
Islands of Tokyo
Pleistocene lava domes