Tairajima
Tairajima, is one of the Tokara Islands, a sub-group of the Satsunan Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 2.08 km² in area, has a population of 89 persons.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: 名古屋太郎, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Toshima, Kagoshima, Japan
- Also known as: “Hira-shima”, “Taira Island”, “Taira Sima”, and “Taira-shima”
- Historically known as: “Disaster Island”
Tairajima
- Categories: ōaza and landform
- Location: Toshima, Kagoshima district, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Tairajima” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Թայրաջիմա”
- Chinese: “平島”
- Dutch: “Taira Island”
- French: “Taira-jima”
- German: “Taira-jima”
- Japanese: “平島”
- Polish: “Taira-jima”
- Swedish: “Taira-jima”
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