Gajajima
Gajajima, is an abandoned island in the Tokara Islands, a sub-group of the Satsunan Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island has an area of 4.07 km in area and was inhabited to 1970.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 43 metres (141 feet)
- Description: island in Toshima, Kagoshima, Japan
- Also known as“Gaja”“Gaja-tō”“Gasha-shima”“Gazya Sima”“Gwajashima”
- Historically known as“Dundas Island”“Fusya Shima”
Gajajima
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Latitude
29.90303° or 29° 54′ 11″ north
Longitude
129.54032° or 129° 32′ 25″ east
Open location code
7QXFWG3R+64
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Gajajima” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Գաջաջիմա”
- Cebuano: “Gaja-shima”
- Chinese: “臥蛇島”
- Dutch: “Gajajima”
- Japanese: “臥蛇島”
- Polish: “Gaja-jima”
- Ukrainian: “Ґаджадзіма”
- Ukrainian: “Ґаджяджіма”
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