Nishinoshima

Nishinoshima is a volcanic located around 940 km south-southeast of that is part of the arc. Nishinoshima is located about 130 km to the west of the nearest inhabited Ogasawara islands, , hence the name; the other Ogasawara island groups are aligned more to the north–south.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: isolated and uninhabited Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean considered part of the Volcano Islands and administered as part of Tokyo’s Ogasawara subdistrict
  • Also known as: Nishino Island”, “Nishino Shima”, “Nishino Shima Island”, “Nishino-shima”, “Nishino-shima Island”, “Nishinoshima Island”, “Nisino Sima”, “Rosario”, and “Rosario Island

Nishinoshima

Latitude
27.24666° or 27° 14′ 48″ north
Longitude
140.87569° or 140° 52′ 33″ east
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
Open location code
7RV26VWG+M7
Geo­Names ID
2111617
Wiki­data ID
Q1187278
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Nishinoshima” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة نيشينو
  • Catalan: Nishino-shima
  • Catalan: Nishinoshima
  • Cebuano: Nishino Shima (pulo sa Hapon, Tōkyō-to)
  • Cebuano: Nishino Shima
  • Chinese: 西之岛
  • Chinese: 西之島
  • Czech: Nišinošima
  • Dutch: Nishinoshima
  • Esperanto: Niŝino-ŝima
  • Esperanto: Niŝinoŝima
  • French: île Nishino
  • French: Nishino shima
  • French: Nishino-shima
  • French: Nishino-Shima
  • French: Nishinoshima
  • Galician: Nishinoshima, Ogasawara
  • German: Nishinoshima
  • German: Rosario Island
  • Indonesian: Nishinoshima (Ogasawara)
  • Indonesian: Nishinoshima
  • Italian: Nijima
  • Italian: Nishinoshima
  • Japanese: にしのしま
  • Japanese: ニシノシマ
  • Japanese: 西之島 /にしのしま
  • Japanese: 西之島
  • Japanese: 西之島新島
  • Korean: 니시노섬
  • Persian: نیشینوشیما
  • Polish: Nishi-no-shima
  • Polish: Nishinoshima
  • Portuguese: Ilha Rosário
  • Portuguese: Nishinojima
  • Portuguese: Nishinoshima
  • Russian: Нисиносима
  • Serbian: Нишиношима
  • Slovak: Nišinošima
  • Spanish: Nishinoshima
  • Swedish: Nishino-Shima
  • Swedish: Nishinoshima
  • Turkish: Nishinoshima
  • Ukrainian: Нісіносіма
  • Ukrainian: Росаріо
  • Urdu: نیشینو شیما
  • Venetian: Nijima
  • Western Panjabi: نیشینو شیما (اوگاساوارا)
  • Western Panjabi: نیشینو شیما

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