Borodino Island
Minamidaitōjima, also spelt as Minami Daitō or Minami-Daitō, is the largest island in the Daitō Islands group southeast of Okinawa, Japan. It is administered as part of the village of Minamidaitō, Okinawa. Shimajiri District, Okinawa and has a population of 2,107.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island of Okinawa, Japan
- Also known as: “Minami Ohigashijima”, “Minami-daitō Sima”, “Minami-daitō-jima”, “Minami-daitō-shima”, “Minami-ōagari Jima”, “Minami-orgari-shima”, “Minamidaito”, “Minamidaitō Island”, “Minamidaito Jima”, and “Minamidaitōjima”
- Historically known as: “South Borodino Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Minami-Daito Airport and Daitō Shrine.
Minami-Daito Airport
Aerodrome
Minamidaito Airport is an airport in Minamidaitō, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The prefecture operates the airport, which is classified as a third class airport. Only a flight from Naha to Minami-Daito is operated every day. Minami-Daito Airport is situated 2½ km east of Borodino Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minamidaito.
Minamidaito
Minamidaitō is a village on an island of the same name in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa. Other than its tiny neighbor Kitadaito, the nearest land is Okinawa island, about 400 km to the west.
Borodino Island
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Satellite Map
Discover Borodino Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Borodino Island” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Minami Daitō”
- Azerbaijani: “Minamidayto”
- Catalan: “illa Minamidaitō”
- Catalan: “Minami-daitō”
- Cebuano: “Minamidaitō Jima”
- Central Okinawan: “南大東島”
- Chinese: “南大東島”
- Czech: “Jižní Borodino”
- Czech: “Minami-daitó”
- Czech: “Minamidaitó”
- Dutch: “Minamidaitō Island”
- French: “Minamidaitō-jima”
- French: “Minamidaitō”
- German: “Minami Daitō-jima”
- German: “Minami-daito”
- German: “Minami-daitō”
- German: “Minami-daitojima”
- Italian: “Minami Daitō”
- Italian: “Minamidaitō”
- Japanese: “みなみだいとうじま”
- Japanese: “南大東島”
- Korean: “미나미다이토섬”
- Portuguese: “Minami Daitō-jima”
- Portuguese: “Minami Daitō”
- Portuguese: “Minamidaitojima”
- Russian: “Бородино Южный”
- Russian: “Минамидайто”
- Russian: “Остров Бородино Южный”
- Russian: “Южный Бородино”
- Slovenian: “Minamidaito”
- Spanish: “Minami Daitō”
- Swedish: “Minami-daito”
- Turkish: “Minamidaitō”
- Ukrainian: “Мінамі Дайто”
- Ukrainian: “Мінамі-Дайтоджіма”
- Ukrainian: “Мінамідайто”
- Uzbek: “Minamidaitōjima”
- Vietnamese: “Minami daitō”
- Vietnamese: “Minamidaitō”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Zaisho and Minamidaito.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Minamidaitō Kō and Minamidaitō Kō.
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Borodino Island”. Photo: NASA, Public domain.