Hashima Island

Hashima Island, commonly called Gunkanjima, is an abandoned island off , lying about 15 kilometres from the centre of the city. It is one of 505 uninhabited islands in .
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: abandoned island lying about 15 kilometres (9 miles) from the city of Nagasaki, in southern Japan. Abandoned concrete buildings and the surrounding sea wall.
  • Also known as: Battleship Island”, “Gunkanjima”, “Ha Sima”, and “Hashima

Hashima Island

Latitude
32.62769° or 32° 37′ 40″ north
Longitude
129.7383° or 129° 44′ 18″ east
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
Open location code
8Q4FJPHQ+38
Open­Street­Map ID
way 191502696
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­mine
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
1863090
Wiki­data ID
Q285468
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Hashima Island” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Ishulli Hashima
  • Arabic: جزيرة هاشيما
  • Arabic: جزيرة هشيمة
  • Armenian: Հաշիմա կղզի
  • Armenian: Հասիմա
  • Azerbaijani: Haşima adası
  • Azerbaijani: Haşima
  • Basque: Hashima uhartea
  • Belarusian: Хасіма
  • Bengali: হাশিমা দ্বীপ
  • Bulgarian: Хашима
  • Catalan: Illa d’Hashima
  • Cebuano: Ha-shima
  • Chinese: 端島
  • Czech: Hašima
  • Dutch: Hashima
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيرة هشيمه
  • Esperanto: Gunkanĝima
  • Esperanto: Gunkanjima
  • Estonian: Hashima saar
  • Finnish: Hashima
  • French: Gunkanjima
  • French: Ha-shima
  • French: Hashima
  • French: île Ha
  • French: île navire de guerre
  • Galician: Illa Hashima
  • Georgian: ჰაშიმა
  • German: Gunkanjima
  • German: Hashima
  • Hebrew: האשימה
  • Hungarian: Hasima
  • Indonesian: Pulau Hashima
  • Interlingua: Insula de Hashima
  • Irish: Oileán Hashima
  • Italian: Hashima
  • Japanese: Ha-shima
  • Japanese: はしま
  • Japanese: 端島
  • Japanese: 軍艦島
  • Korean: 군함도
  • Korean: 하시마 섬
  • Korean: 하시마(군함도)
  • Korean: 하시마섬
  • Lithuanian: Hašima
  • Macedonian: Хашима (остров)
  • Macedonian: Хашима
  • Malay: Pulau Hashima
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hashima
  • Norwegian: Hashima
  • Persian: جزیره هاشیما
  • Polish: Hashima
  • Portuguese: Ilha Hashima
  • Romanian: Hashimajima
  • Romanian: Insula Hashima
  • Russian: Хасима
  • Samogitian: Hašėma
  • Slovak: Hašima (ostrov)
  • Slovak: Hašima
  • Slovenian: Gukandžima
  • Slovenian: Gukanjima
  • Slovenian: Hashima
  • Slovenian: Hašima
  • Spanish: Hashima
  • Spanish: Isla Hashima
  • Swedish: Hashima
  • Thai: ฮาชิมะ
  • Tosk Albanian: Hashima
  • Turkish: Hashima Adası
  • Ukrainian: Острів Хасіма
  • Ukrainian: Хасіма
  • Vietnamese: Đảo Hashima
  • Yue Chinese: 端島
  • Hašėma

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