Yakushima
Yakushima is a mountain in Kagoshima, Kyushu and has about 13,200 residents and an elevation of 1,742 metres.Places of Interest
Highlights include Yakushima and Mount Miyanoura.
Yakushima
Photo: Yasu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yakushima is an island off the south east coast of Kyushu next to Tanegashima and north of Okinawa in Japan. Officially a part of Kagoshima Prefecture, it is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Mount Miyanoura
Peak
Mount Miyanoura is a mountain in central Yakushima in Kagoshima Prefecture. At an altitude of 1,936 m, it is the highest peak of Yakushima and also the highest peak of the Kyushu region.
Yakushima
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,742 metres
- Also known as: “Hachido”, “Hae-dake”, “Yae-dake”, “Yaku Mountain Range”, and “Yakushima Rempo”
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Yakushima from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Yakushima” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ياكوشيما”
- Cebuano: “Yae-dake”
- Chinese: “屋久島”
- Czech: “Jakušima”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ياى داكى”
- Estonian: “Yakushima”
- Finnish: “Yakushima”
- French: “Yakushima”
- German: “Yakushima”
- Japanese: “Yakushima”
- Japanese: “屋久島”
- Ladin: “Yae-dake”
- Portuguese: “Yakushima”
- Russian: “Якусима”
- Swedish: “Yakushima”
- Venetian: “Yae-dake”
- Vietnamese: “Yakushima”
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