Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima, known in Japan as Iō Tō, is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands and lies south of the Bonin Islands. Together with other islands, they form the Ogasawara Archipelago.Notable Places in the Area
Iwo Jima Air Base
Aerodrome
Central Field or Iwo Jima Air Base is a World War II airfield on Iwo Jima in the Bonin Islands, located in the Central Pacific. Iwo Jima Air Base is situated 1 km southeast of Iwo Jima. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Iwo Jima
- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain south of the Ogasawara Islands, site of the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima
- Category: high island
- Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
Latitude 24.7891° or 24° 47' 20.8" north | Longitude 141.3147° or 141° 18' 52.8" east |
Population 400 | IATA airport code IWO |
Elevation 109 metres (358 feet) | OpenStreetMap ID node 38957864 |
GeoNames ID 2112601 |
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Iwo Jima
- Arabic: آيوو جيما
- Arabic: إيووجيما
- Assamese: ইয়' জিমা
- Assamese: ইয় জিমা
- Azerbaijani: İoşima
- Belarusian: Іодзіма
- Belarusian: Востраў Іодзіма
- Bengali: ইয়ো জিমা
- Bulgarian: Иво Джима
- Catalan: Iwo-Jima
- Catalan: Iwo Jima
- Catalan: Iō-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: Zwaveleiland
- Dutch: Zwavel eiland
- English: Iwo-jima
- English: Iwo-to
- English: Iwo To
- English: Iwojima
- English: Iwo to
- English: Iwoto
- Esperanto: Ivo Jima
- Esperanto: Iwo Jima
- Estonian: Iwo Jima
- Finnish: Iwo Jima
- Finnish: Suribachi
- French: Iwo-jima
- French: Iwo Jima
- French: Iwojima
- French: Île Iō
- Galician: Illa de Io To
- Galician: Illa de Iwo Jima
- Galician: Illa de Iwo To
- Galician: Iwo Jima
- German: Iojima
- German: Ioto
- German: Iwo Jima
- German: Iwo To
- German: Iwojima
- German: Iwoto
- German: Iōjima
- German: Iōtō
- Greek: Ίβο-Τζίμα
- Greek: Ίβο Τζίμα
- Greek: Ιβοτζίμα
- Hebrew: איו ג'ימה
- Hebrew: איווג'ימה
- Hebrew: איוו ג'ימה
- Hebrew: איוו גימה
- Hebrew: איוו טו
- Hebrew: הר סורבאצ'י
- Hebrew: הר סוריבאצ'י
- Indonesian: Gunung Surabachi
- Indonesian: Iwo Jima
- Italian: Iwo Jima
- Japanese: Iō-tō
- Japanese: Iōtō
- Japanese: RJAW
- Japanese: いおうじま
- Japanese: いおうとう
- Japanese: イオウジマ
- 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
- Norwegian: Iwo Jima
- Norwegian Bokmål: Ivo jima
- Norwegian Bokmål: Iwo Jima
- Norwegian Bokmål: Iwo To
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Iwo Jima
- Persian: ایوتو
- Persian: ایو تو
- Persian: ایو جیما
- Persian: ایوجیما
- Persian: ایوو جیما
- Persian: ایووجیما
- Polish: Iwo Jima
- Polish: Iwojima
- Polish: Iō-jima
- Polish: Iō-tō
- Portuguese: Iwo Jima
- Portuguese: Iwo To
- Portuguese: Iwojima
- Portuguese: Iōtō
- 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: Iwo-džima
- Slovak: Iwo Jima
- Slovak: Iótó
- Slovenian: Iwo Jima
- Spanish: Ioto
- Spanish: Iotō
- Spanish: Iwo Jima
- Spanish: Iwo to
- Spanish: Iōtō
- Spanish: Monte Suribachi
- Swedish: Ioto
- Swedish: Iwo Jima
- Swedish: Iwo To
- Swedish: Iwojima
- Swedish: Iwoto
- Swedish: Iwōtō
- Swedish: Iōtō
- Turkish: Iwo Jima
- Ukrainian: Іво Джіма
- Ukrainian: Іводжіма
- Ukrainian: Іводзіма
- Ukrainian: Іво дзіма
- Ukrainian: Іодзіма
- Ukrainian: Іото
- Vietnamese: Iwo Jima
- Vietnamese: Lưu Huỳnh đảo
- Vietnamese: Đảo Iwo
- Vietnamese: Đảo Iō
- Welsh: Iwo Jima
- Iwo Shima
- Iô Sima
- Iō Jima
- Iō Tō
- Naka-iwō-jima
- Sulphur Island
- 硫黄島 (Iwo to)
Other Places Named Iwo Jima
- US Marine Corps War MemorialTourist attraction, Arlington, Virginia
- IōjimaIsland, Japan
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