Iwo Jima

Iwo Jima is one of the Japanese , which lie south of the Bonin Islands and together with them make up the . Together with the , they make up Japan's .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain south of the Ogasawara Islands, site of the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima
  • Also known as: Iō Island”, “Iō Jima”, “Iô Sima”, “Iō Tō”, “Iō-tō”, “Iwo Shima”, “Iwo To”, “Iwo-jima”, “Iwo-to”, “Iwoto”, “Naka-iwō-jima”, and “Sulphur Island

Places of Interest

Highlights include Iwo Jima Air Base.

Aerodrome
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Central Field or is a former World War II airfield on Iwo Jima in the Bonin Islands, located in the Central Pacific. The Bonin Islands are part of .

Iwo Jima

Latitude
24.77987° or 24° 46′ 48″ north
Longitude
141.31751° or 141° 19′ 3″ east
Population
400
Elevation
109 metres (358 feet)
IATA airport code
IWO
Open location code
7RP3Q8H9+W2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 635777603
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2112601
Wiki­data ID
Q201633
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Iwo Jima” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Iwo Jima
  • Arabic: آيوو جيما
  • Arabic: إيو تو
  • Arabic: إيو جيما
  • Arabic: إيوو جيما
  • Assamese: ইয় জিমা
  • Assamese: ইয়‘ জিমা
  • Assamese: ইয়’ জিমা
  • Azerbaijani: İoşima
  • Basque: Iōtō
  • Belarusian: Востраў Іодзіма
  • Belarusian: Іодзіма
  • Bengali: ইয়ো জিমা
  • Bulgarian: Иво Джима
  • Catalan: Iō-jima
  • Catalan: Iwo Jima
  • Catalan: Iwo-Jima
  • Cebuano: Iwo Jima
  • Chinese: 折钵山
  • Chinese: 硫磺岛
  • Chinese: 硫磺島
  • Chinese: 硫黄岛
  • Croatian: Iwo Jima
  • Czech: Iwo Jima
  • Czech: Iwodžima
  • Danish: Iwo Jima
  • Dutch: Bonineilanden
  • Dutch: Iwo Jima
  • Dutch: Iwo To
  • Dutch: Iwojima
  • Dutch: Zwavel eiland
  • Dutch: Zwaveleiland
  • Esperanto: Ivo Jima
  • Esperanto: Iwo Jima
  • Estonian: Iwo Jima
  • Finnish: Iwo Jima
  • Finnish: Suribachi
  • French: île du soufre
  • French: Île Iō
  • French: Iwo Jima
  • French: Iwo-jima
  • French: Iwojima
  • Galician: Illa de Io To
  • Galician: Illa de Iwo Jima
  • Galician: Illa de Iwo To
  • Galician: Iwo Jima
  • German: Iojima
  • German: Iōjima
  • German: Ioto
  • German: Iōtō
  • German: Iwo Jima
  • German: Iwo To
  • German: Iwojima
  • German: Iwoto
  • Greek: Ίβο Τζίμα
  • Greek: Ίβο-Τζίμα
  • Greek: Ιβοτζίμα
  • Hebrew: איו ג’ימה
  • Hebrew: איוו ג’ימה
  • Hebrew: איוו גימה
  • Hebrew: איוו טו
  • Hebrew: איווג’ימה
  • Hebrew: הר סורבאצ’י
  • Hebrew: הר סוריבאצ’י
  • Icelandic: Iwo Jima
  • Indonesian: Gunung Surabachi
  • Indonesian: Iwo Jima
  • Italian: Iwo Jima
  • Japanese: Iō-tō
  • Japanese: RJAW
  • Japanese: いおうじま
  • Japanese: イオウジマ
  • Japanese: いおうとう
  • Japanese: イオウ島
  • Japanese: 硫黄島
  • Javanese: Gunung Surabachi
  • Javanese: Iwo Jima
  • Korean: 유황도
  • Korean: 이오 섬
  • Korean: 이오섬
  • Korean: 이오시마
  • Korean: 이오지마
  • Lithuanian: Ivo Džima
  • Macedonian: Иво Џима
  • Malay: Iwo Jima
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Ivo jima
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Iwo Jima
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Iwo To
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Iwo Jima
  • Norwegian: Iwo Jima
  • Persian: ایو تو
  • Persian: ایو جیما
  • Persian: ایوتو
  • Persian: ایوجیما
  • Persian: ایوو جیما
  • Persian: ایووجیما
  • Polish: Iō-jima
  • Polish: Iō-tō
  • Polish: Iwo Jima
  • Polish: Iwojima
  • Portuguese: Iōtō
  • Portuguese: Iwo Jima
  • Portuguese: Iwo To
  • Portuguese: Iwojima
  • Romanian: Insula Iwo Jima
  • Romanian: Iwo Jima
  • Russian: Иво
  • Russian: Иводзима
  • Russian: Ио
  • Russian: Иодзима
  • Russian: Иото
  • Rusyn: Иводжима
  • Scots: Iwo Jima
  • Serbian: Иво Џима
  • Serbo-Croatian: Iwo Jima
  • Slovak: Iótó
  • Slovak: Iwo Jima
  • Slovak: Iwo-džima
  • Slovenian: Iwo Jima
  • Spanish: Ioto
  • Spanish: Iotō
  • Spanish: Iōtō
  • Spanish: Iwo Jima
  • Spanish: Iwo to
  • Spanish: Monte Suribachi
  • Swedish: Ioto
  • Swedish: Iōtō
  • Swedish: Iwo Jima
  • Swedish: Iwo To
  • Swedish: Iwojima
  • Swedish: Iwoto
  • Swedish: Iwōtō
  • Thai: อิโวะจิมะ
  • Thai: อิโอโต
  • Turkish: Iwo Jima
  • Ukrainian: Іво Джіма
  • Ukrainian: Іво дзіма
  • Ukrainian: Іводжіма
  • Ukrainian: Іводзіма
  • Ukrainian: Іодзіма
  • Ukrainian: Іото
  • Vietnamese: Đảo Iō
  • Vietnamese: Đảo Iwo
  • Vietnamese: Iwo Jima
  • Vietnamese: Lưu Huỳnh đảo
  • Waray (Philippines): Iwo Jima
  • Welsh: Iwo Jima
  • Iō-tō

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