Iwo Islands

The Volcano Islands, also known as Iwo Islands are a group of three Japanese islands in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean. They lie southwest of the and are administered as part of the , .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island group
  • Also known as: Iō-jima”, “Io-rettō”, “Iwō-rettō”, “Iwōjima-shotō”, “Kazan Group”, “Kwazan-rettō”, “Magellan Archipelago”, “Sulphur Islands”, “Sulphur-tō”, “Volcano Islands”, and “Yuwō-rettō

Iwo Islands

Latitude
25° north
Longitude
141° east
Population
380
Open location code
7RQ32222+22
Geo­Names ID
2112272
Wiki­data ID
Q1141683
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Iwo Islands” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الجزر البركانية
  • Azerbaijani: Kacan adaları
  • Azerbaijani: Kazan adaları
  • Belarusian: Астравы Кадзан
  • Belarusian: Кадзан
  • Catalan: Illes Volcano
  • Cebuano: Volcano Islands (kapuloan sa Hapon)
  • Cebuano: Volcano Islands
  • Central Bikol: Mga isla nin Bulkan
  • Chinese: 火山列岛
  • Chinese: 火山列島
  • Dutch: Volcano Islands
  • Dutch: Vulkaan-eilanden
  • Esperanto: Vulkanaj Insuloj
  • French: chaine des îles volcaniques
  • French: Chaîne Kazan
  • German: Io-retto
  • German: Iō-rettō
  • German: Kazan Retto
  • German: Kazan Rettō
  • German: Kazan-retto
  • German: Kazan-rettō
  • German: Vulkaninseln
  • Greek: Κίτα-Ίο-Τζίμα
  • Greek: Κιταϊότο
  • Greek: Μινάμι-Ίο-Τζίμα
  • Greek: Νήσοι Βολκάνο
  • Hebrew: איים וולקנים
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Volcano
  • Indonesian: Kepulauan Vulkan
  • Italian: Isole Vulcano
  • Japanese: 火山列島
  • Japanese: 硫黄列島
  • Korean: 가잔 열도
  • Korean: 이오 열도
  • Malay: Kepulauan Volcano
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Vulkanøyene
  • Norwegian: Vulkanøyene
  • Persian: جزایر کازان
  • Polish: Kazan Rettō
  • Polish: Kazan-rettō
  • Polish: Wyspy Kazan
  • Portuguese: Grupo Vulcano
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Volcano
  • Portuguese: Ilhas Vulcano
  • Russian: Кадзан
  • Russian: Острова Кадзан
  • Slovak: Vulkánové ostrovy
  • Slovenian: otoki Kazan
  • Slovenian: Vulkanski otoki
  • Spanish: Islas de Los Volcanes
  • Swedish: Kazan-rettō
  • Swedish: Vulkanöarna
  • Thai: หมู่เกาะภูเขาไฟ
  • Turkish: Volkan Adaları
  • Ukrainian: Острови Кадзан
  • Urdu: آتش فشاں جزائر
  • Vietnamese: Quần đảo Kazan
  • Western Panjabi: آتش فشاں جزائر

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