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 , at the southernmost tip of the , . Though only 0.01 km2 in area, it reaches almost 100 metres in height.
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  • 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

Latitude
29.79354° or 29° 47′ 37″ north
Longitude
140.34227° or 140° 20′ 32″ east
Open location code
7RX2Q8VR+CW
Geo­Names ID
2110978
Wiki­data ID
Q1348337
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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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