Lot’s Wife Rock
Lot's Wife is a volcanic desert island located in the Philippine Sea approximately 650 kilometres south off the coast of Tokyo, at the southernmost tip of the Izu archipelago, Japan. Though only 0.01 km2 in area, it reaches almost 100 metres in height.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Karakara, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Rock
- Description: island of Japan
- Also known as: “Lot’s Wife”, “Sofu Gan”, “Sōfu Gan”, “Sōfu Iwa”, “Sōfu-gan”, “Sōfugan”, “Sōfuiwa”, “Sôhu Gan”, “Widow’s Crag”, and “Yamome-iwa”
Lot’s Wife Rock
- Categories: volcanic island, volcanic plug, and landform
- Location: Tokyo, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Lot’s Wife Rock” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Sōfugan”
- Asturian: “Sōfuiwa”
- Chinese: “孀妇岩”
- Chinese: “孀婦岩”
- Czech: “Sófu Iwa”
- Dutch: “Lot’s Wife”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لوتس ويف”
- German: “Sofu-iwa”
- German: “Sōfu-iwa”
- German: “Sofugan”
- German: “Sōfugan”
- German: “Sofuiwa”
- German: “Sōfuiwa”
- Hausa: “Matar Lutu (dutse)”
- Hausa: “Matar Lutu”
- Japanese: “孀婦岩”
- Korean: “소후 암”
- Lithuanian: “Sofu Iva”
- Lithuanian: “Sōfu-iva”
- Malayalam: “ലോത്ത്സ് വൈഫ്”
- Russian: “Жена Лота”
- Russian: “Софу-ива”
- Slovak: “Skala Lótovej ženy”
- Slovak: “Sofugan”
- Spanish: “Lot’s Wife”
- Spanish: “Sofugan”
- Spanish: “Sōfugan”
- Spanish: “Sofuiwa”
- Spanish: “Sōfuiwa”
- Swedish: “Sofugan”
- Ukrainian: “Скеля Софу”
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