Ryukyu Islands

Ryukyu Islands is an archipelago in , , . Ryukyu Islands is situated near the quarter , as well as near .
  • Type: Archipelago
  • Description: group of islands under Japanese control, consisting of the Sakishima Islands, the Okinawa Islands and sometimes the Amami Islands
  • Also known as: “Further Isles”, “Great Luchu”, “Greater Loo Choo Islands”, “Iles Ryukyu”, “illes Ryūkyū”, “Islas Ryukyu”, “Islles Nansei”, “Islles Ryukyu”, “Liu-chiu Islands”, “Liu-kiu Inseln”, “Liukiu”, “Liukiuøyene”, “Liuqiu”, “Liuqiu I.”, “Liuqiu Islands”, “Loo Choo I.”, “Loo Choo Islands”, “Loo-Choo Islands”, “Lu-chew”, “Lu-chew I.”, “Lu-chew Islands”, “Luchu”, “Luchu Islands”, “Lutschu”, “Nansei Islands”, “Nansei Schoto”, “Nansei-rettō”, “Nansei-shotō”, “otočje Rjukju”, “Riukiuøyene”, “Ryukyu Archipelago”, “Ryukyu I.”, “Ryūkyū Island Archipelago”, “Ryūkyū-øyene”, “Ryūkyū-rettō”, “Ryūkyū-shotō”, “Ryūkyūøyene”, “Ryukyus”, “Satsunan-shotō”, “Ynysoedd Loo Choo”, “Ynysoedd Riwciw”, “Ynysoedd Ryukyu”, “Ликейские острова”, “Лиу-Киу”, “Рю-Кю”, and “کڤولاوان ريوکيو”

Places of Interest

Highlights: National Institute of Technology, Okinawa College and Global Oceangraphic DAta Center (GODAC).

College
The is a college of technology in Nago, .

Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ginoza.

Village
Photo: Hykw-a4, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village located in , , Japan.

Ryukyu Islands

Latitude
26.52° or 26° 31′ 12″ north
Longitude
128.053° or 128° 3′ 11″ east
Open location code
7QRCG393+X5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 5508695122
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­archipelago
Geo­Names ID
1855629
Wiki­data ID
Q10905515
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Ryukyu Islands” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ryukyu-eilande”
  • Albanian: “Ishujt Ryukyu”
  • Arabic: “جزر ريوكيو”
  • Armenian: “Ռյուկյու”
  • Asturian: “Islles Ryūkyū”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ryukyu adaları”
  • Basque: “Ryukyu uharteak”
  • Belarusian: “Астравы Рукю”
  • Belarusian: “Рукю”
  • Bosnian: “Ryūkyū”
  • Breton: “Inizi Ryūkyū”
  • Bulgarian: “Рюкю”
  • Catalan: “Illes Ryūkyū”
  • Catalan: “Ryūkyū”
  • Cebuano: “Ryukyu Islands”
  • Central Kurdish: “دوورگەکانی ڕیووکیوو”
  • Central Okinawan: “琉球諸島”
  • Chinese: “琉球群岛”
  • Chinese: “琉球群島”
  • Croatian: “Ryū Kyū”
  • Croatian: “Ryūkyū”
  • Czech: “Rjúkjú”
  • Danish: “Ryukyuøerne”
  • Dutch: “Riukiu-eilanden”
  • Esperanto: “Rjukju-insularo”
  • Finnish: “Riukiusaaret”
  • French: “îles Ryūkyū”
  • French: “Îles Ryūkyū”
  • Galician: “Illas Ryukyu”
  • Georgian: “რიუკიუ”
  • German: “Ryūkyū-Inseln”
  • Greek: “Νήσοι Ρίου Κίου”
  • Greek: “Ρίου Κίου”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Liû-khiû Khiùn-tó”
  • Hawaiian: “Mokupuni o Liu Kiu”
  • Hebrew: “איי ריוקיו”
  • Hindi: “रयुक्यु द्वीपसमूह”
  • Hungarian: “Rjúkjú-szigetek”
  • Icelandic: “Ryukyu-eyjar”
  • Iloko: “Is-isla ti Ryukyu”
  • Indonesian: “Kepulauan Ryukyu”
  • Italian: “Ryūkyū”
  • Japanese: “琉球諸島”
  • Kirghiz: “Рюкю”
  • Korean: “류큐 제도”
  • Korean: “류큐제도”
  • Latvian: “Rjūkjū salas”
  • Literary Chinese: “琉球諸島”
  • Lithuanian: “Riūkiū salos”
  • Malay: “Kepulauan Ryukyu”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Liù-giù”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Liû-khiû Kûn-tó”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Ryukyuøyene”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ryukyuøyene”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Ryukyu”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Riuciu Īega”
  • Ossetian: “Рюкю”
  • Pampanga: “Ryūkyū Islands”
  • Persian: “جزایر ریوکیو”
  • Polish: “Riukiu”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Riukiu”
  • Portuguese: “Ryūkyū”
  • Romanian: “Insulele Ryukyu”
  • Russia Buriat: “Люучюу ольтирог”
  • Russian: “Острова Рюкю”
  • Russian: “Рюкю”
  • Sakizaya: “Liwkiw 琉球”
  • Scots: “Ryukyu Islands”
  • Serbian: “Рјукју”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ryukyu”
  • Shona: “Zvitsuwa zve Ryukyu”
  • Slovak: “Rjúkju”
  • Slovenian: “otoki Rjukju”
  • Spanish: “islas Ryūkyū”
  • Spanish: “Islas Ryūkyū”
  • Swedish: “Ryukyuöarna”
  • Tagalog: “Kapuluan ng Ryukyu”
  • Tamil: “இயுக்யூ தீவுகள்”
  • Tatar: “Рүкү утраулары”
  • Thai: “หมู่เกาะรีวกีว”
  • Turkish: “Ryukyu Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Острови Рюкю”
  • Urdu: “جزائر ریوکیو”
  • Uzbek: “Ryukyu”
  • Vietnamese: “quần đảo Ryukyu”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Kapuropod-an Ryukyu”
  • Welsh: “Ynysoedd Ryūkyū”
  • Western Frisian: “Rjûkjû-eilannen”
  • Wu Chinese: “琉球群岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “琉球”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Henoko and Toyohara.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Chapel and Pirashima Island.

Okinawa: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Naha and Ishigaki.

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