Marcus Island

Minamitorishima, sometimes known as Minami-Tori-shima or Minami-Torishima and also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: isolated Pacific island under Japanese jurisdiction
  • Also known as: “Île Marcus”, “Ilha Marcus”, “Isla Marcus”, “Isola Marcus”, “Marcus”, “Marcus-Insel”, “Marcuse saar”, “Marcusinsel”, “Marcusön”, “Minami tori shima”, “Minami Tori Shima”, “Minami-tori-shima”, “Minami-Tori-shima”, “Minamitori shima”, “Minamitorishima”, “Minamitorishima Island”, “Ostrov Marcus”, “Southern Bird Island”, “Sudbirdinsulo”, “Маркус”, “Минами-Торисима”, “Минамитори-сима”, “Мінамі-торі”, “Мінамі-Торішіма”, “Мінаміторі”, “Остров Маркуса”, “جزيرة ماركوس”, “마커스 섬”, “미나미토리시마 섬”, “マーカス島”, “マルカス島”, and “みなみとりしま”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Minami Torishima Airport.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Minami Torishima Airbase is a one runway airport serving the island of Minami Torishima, .

Marcus Island

Latitude
24.2892° or 24° 17′ 21″ north
Longitude
153.97883° or 153° 58′ 44″ east
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
IATA airport code
MUS
UN/LOCODE
JP MUS
Open location code
7RPM7XQH+MG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 130970566
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2111921
Wiki­data ID
Q1047492
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Marcus Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مينامي-توري-شيما”
  • Armenian: “Մինամիտորի”
  • Asturian: “Minami Torishima”
  • Azerbaijani: “Minamitori”
  • Basque: “Minamitorishima”
  • Belarusian: “Атол Мінаміторы”
  • Belarusian: “Мінаміторы”
  • Catalan: “Minami Torishima”
  • Cebuano: “Marcus Island”
  • Chinese: “南鳥島”
  • Chinese: “南鸟岛”
  • Czech: “Minami Torišima”
  • Dutch: “Minami Torishima”
  • Dutch: “Minamitorishima”
  • Esperanto: “Minami-Tori-ŝima”
  • Esperanto: “Minamitoriŝimo”
  • Estonian: “Minamitori”
  • Finnish: “Minami-Torishima”
  • Finnish: “Minamitori-shima”
  • French: “île Minamitori”
  • French: “Île Minamitori”
  • French: “Minamitori-shima”
  • Galician: “Minami Torishima”
  • German: “Minami-Torishima”
  • Greek: “Μινάμι-Τόρι-σίμα”
  • Italian: “Minami Torishima”
  • Japanese: “南鳥島”
  • Korean: “미나미토리 섬”
  • Korean: “미나미토리섬”
  • Latvian: “Minamitori”
  • Persian: “مینامی-توری-شیما”
  • Polish: “Minami Tori-shima”
  • Portuguese: “Minamitorishima”
  • Russian: “Минамитори”
  • Spanish: “Minami Torishima”
  • Swedish: “Minami-Torishima”
  • Thai: “มินามิโทริชิมะ”
  • Turkish: “Minami Torishima”
  • Ukrainian: “Мінамі-Торісіма”
  • Ukrainian: “Острів Мінамі-Торішіма”
  • Urdu: “مینامی توری شیما”
  • Uzbek: “Minamitori”
  • Vietnamese: “Minami Tori-shima”
  • Vietnamese: “Minamitorishima”
  • Western Panjabi: “مینامی توری شیما”

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Places to explore: Minamitorishima and Taka Bureau Board.

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