Yonaguni Town
Yonaguni is a town located entirely on Yonaguni Island in Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the westernmost municipality in Japan, and is known for billfish fishing and as a diving spot.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 1,840 residents
- Description: town in Yaeyama district, Okinawa prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Yonaguni”, “Yonaguni Cho”, “Yonaguni Chō”, “Yonaguni-machi”, “Yonaguni-mura”, “Yonaguni, Okinawa”, “Yonakuni”, and “Yonakuni-chō”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Yonaguni and Yonaguni Airport.
Yonaguni
Photo: Vincent Lou, CC BY 2.0.
Yonaguni, one of the Yaeyama Islands, is the westernmost island of Japan, lying between the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea. A mere 107.4 kilometers separate the island from Taiwan at their closest points.
Yonaguni Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Si-take., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yonaguni Airport, is a third-class airport located in Yonaguni, Yaeyama District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
Yonaguni Monument
Photo: Vincent Lou, CC BY 2.0.
The Yonaguni Monument, also known as the Yonaguni Submarine Ruins, is a submerged rock formation off the coast of Yonaguni, the southernmost of the Ryukyu Islands, in Japan. Yonaguni Monument is situated 3½ km south of Yonaguni Town.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kubura.
Kubura
Neighborhood
Photo: Yasu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kubura is a neighborhood, which is situated 6 km west of Yonaguni Town.
Yonaguni Town
- Categories: town of Japan and locality
- Location: Yaeyama District, Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.4679° or 24° 28′ 5″ northLongitude
123.0044° or 123° 0′ 16″ eastPopulation
1,840Elevation
50 metres (164 feet)IATA airport code
OGNOpen location code
7QP5F293+5QOpenStreetMap ID
node 715836272OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Yonaguni Town” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “يوناغوني”
- Asturian: “Yonaguni”
- Catalan: “Yonaguni”
- Cebuano: “Yonaguni-chō”
- Central Okinawan: “ゆなぐに”
- Central Okinawan: “与那国町”
- Chinese: “与那国町 / 與那國町”
- Chinese: “与那国町”
- Chinese: “與那國町”
- Czech: “Jonaguni”
- Dutch: “Yonaguni”
- Egyptian Arabic: “يوناجونى”
- French: “Yonaguni”
- German: “Yonaguni”
- Hungarian: “Jonaguni”
- Indonesian: “Yonaguni, Okinawa”
- Indonesian: “Yonaguni”
- Irish: “Yonaguni”
- Italian: “Yonaguni”
- Japanese: “Yonaguni-chō”
- Japanese: “よなぐにちょう”
- Japanese: “ヨナグニチョウ”
- Japanese: “与那国村”
- Japanese: “与那国町”
- Korean: “요나구니정”
- Korean: “요나구니초”
- Malay: “Yonaguni, Okinawa”
- Malay: “Yonaguni”
- Persian: “یوناگونی”
- Persian: “یوناگونید”
- Polish: “Yonaguni”
- Portuguese: “Yonaguni”
- Russian: “Ёнагуни”
- Russian: “Йонагуни”
- Shona: “Yonaguni, Okinawa”
- Shona: “Yonaguni”
- Slovenian: “Jonaguni”
- Spanish: “Yonaguni”
- Swedish: “Yonaguni”
- Tagalog: “Yonaguni, Okinawa”
- Tagalog: “Yonaguni”
- Thai: “โยนางูนิ”
- Turkish: “Yonaguni”
- Ukrainian: “Йонаґуні”
- Urdu: “یوناگنی، وکانوا”
- Vietnamese: “Yonaguni”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Yonaguni Town Office and Yonaguni Town Clinic.
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