Nanpō Islands

The Nanpō Islands is a collective term for the groups of islands that are located to the south of the Japanese Archipelago. They extend from the west of southward for about 1,200 km, to within 500 km of the .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Japanese term 南方諸島 (literally ‘southern islands’). indefinitely refers Izu and Ogasawara Islands
  • Also known as: Nampō Islands”, “Nanpo Group”, “Nanpō Syotō”, “Tōnan-rettō”, and “Tōnan-shotō

Nanpō Islands

Latitude
30° north
Longitude
140° east
Open location code
8R222222+22
Geo­Names ID
2111702
Wiki­data ID
Q1964385
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Satellite Map

Discover Nanpō Islands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Asturian to Western Panjabi—“Nanpō Islands” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: Islles Nampō
  • Asturian: Islles Nanpō
  • Belarusian: Астравы Нампо
  • Belarusian: Нампо
  • Catalan: illes Nanpō
  • Catalan: Nanpō
  • Cebuano: Nanpō Shotō
  • Croatian: Nanpō otoci
  • Croatian: Otoci Nanpō
  • Esperanto: Sudjapaniaj Insuloj
  • French: Archipel de Nanpō
  • French: archipel Nanpō
  • French: Archipel Nanpō
  • French: Nanpo
  • German: Nampo-shoto
  • German: Nampō-shotō
  • German: Nanpo-shoto
  • German: Nanpō-shotō
  • Hebrew: איי נאנפו
  • Iloko: Is-isla ti Nanpō
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Nanpō
  • Japanese: ボニン諸島
  • Japanese: 南方諸島
  • Japanese: 小笠原群島
  • Kazakh: Нампо аралдары
  • Khmer: កោះណាំប៉ូ
  • Latvian: Nampo salas
  • Malay: Nanpo Shoto
  • Northern Frisian: Nampo Eilunen
  • Northern Frisian: Nampo-Eilunen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nanpōøyene
  • Norwegian: Nanpōøyene
  • Persian: جزایر نانپو
  • Polish: Nanpō
  • Polish: Ogasawara-shotō
  • Polish: Wyspy Nanpō
  • Russian: Нампо-сёто
  • Russian: острова Нампо
  • Serbo-Croatian: Nanpō otoci
  • Serbo-Croatian: Nanpō
  • Sinhala: නැන්පෝ දූපත්
  • Slovenian: Otoki Nampo
  • Slovenian: otoki Nanpo
  • Spanish: Islas Nanpō
  • Thai: หมู่เกาะนัมโป
  • Turkish: Nanpō Adaları
  • Ukrainian: Острови Нампо
  • Ukrainian: Острови Нанпо
  • Urdu: جزائر نانپو
  • Vietnamese: Quần đảo Nanpo
  • Vietnamese: Quần đảo Nanpō
  • Western Panjabi: جزائر نانپو

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nanpō Islands”. Photo: JurriaanH, CC BY-SA 3.0.