Sarushima
Sarushima, is a small island located off Yokosuka, Kanagawa in Japan. It is the only natural island in Tokyo Bay. Sarushima was used as a battery by the Tokugawa shogunate during the Edo period, and after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, the island was developed as part of the Yokosuka Navy Yard.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Yamaguchi Yoshiaki, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Islet
- Description: a small island located off Yokosuka, Kanagawa in Japan
- Also known as: “Monkey Island”, “Saru Shima”, and “Saru Sima”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Memorial Ship Mikasa and Mikasa Park.
Memorial Ship Mikasa
Museum
Photo: ex-h20g-fan, CC BY 3.0.
Mikasa is a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Japanese Navy in the late 1890s, and is the only ship of her class. Named after Mount Mikasa in Nara, Japan, the ship served as the flagship of Vice Admiral Tōgō Heihachirō throughout the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905, including the Battle of Port Arthur on the second day of the war and the Battles of the Yellow Sea and Tsushima.
Mikasa Park
Park
Photo: ex-h20g-fan, CC BY 3.0.
Mikasa Park is a park located in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yokosuka and Hakkeijima.
Yokosuka
Photo: Ogiyoshisan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yokosuka is a major city in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan. Yokosuka city is on the coast and near to sea. The population is about 420,000 in Yokosuka city. Because of the naval base, many Americans are among its population.
Hakkeijima
Neighborhood
Photo: Sidecoast, Public domain.
Hakkeijima is a neighborhood, which is situated 7 km northwest of Sarushima.
Uminokoen
Neighborhood
Photo: Quercus acuta, CC0.
Uminokoen is a neighborhood, which is situated 8 km northwest of Sarushima.
Sarushima
- Categories: uninhabited island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.28608° or 35° 17′ 10″ northLongitude
139.69476° or 139° 41′ 41″ eastElevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
8Q7X7MPV+CWOpenStreetMap ID
way 130990566OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
1852928Wikidata ID
Q75413
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Sarushima” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “猿島”
- French: “île des singes”
- French: “Île des Singes”
- French: “Sarushima”
- German: “Sarushima”
- Japanese: “Saru-shima”
- Japanese: “さるしま”
- Japanese: “サルシマ”
- Japanese: “猿島”
- Japanese: “猿島公園”
- Kadazan Dusun: “Sarushima”
- Korean: “사루시마”
- Spanish: “Sarushima”
- Thai: “เกาะซะรุ”
- Thai: “เกาะซารุ”
- Western Panjabi: “ساروشیما”
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Localities in the Area
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