Maki-shima

Maki-shima is an island in , . Maki-shima is situated nearby to the locality , as well as near the quarter .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium and Magarizaki Kofun Cluster.

Public aquarium
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is a public aquarium, which is situated 2½ km west of Maki-shima.

Building
The is a group of Kofun period burial mounds, located in the Makishima neighborhood of the city of Nagasaki, Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1978.

Post office
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is a post office, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Maki-shima.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nagasaki and Dejima.

Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the capital of prefecture on the island of , . Visitors usually come to visit the Atomic Bomb Museum and Peace Park, the abandoned town built on a nearby island constructed for coal mining, and the reconstructed 16th-century Portuguese/Dutch trading post.

Locality
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or Deshima, in the 17th century also called Tsukishima, was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan, that served as a trading post for the Portuguese and subsequently the Dutch. is situated 10 km west of Maki-shima.

Maki-shima

Latitude
32.75159° or 32° 45′ 6″ north
Longitude
129.97471° or 129° 58′ 29″ east
Elevation
72 metres (236 feet)
Open location code
8Q4FQX2F+JV
Geo­Names ID
1857730
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