Chichijima

Chichijima is the largest and most populous of the Bonin Islands. Chichijima is about 240 km north of . 23.5 km2 in size, the island is home to about 2,120 people.
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Photo: Si-take., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Ootahara, CC0.
  • Type: Island
  • Description: main island of the Bonin/Ogasawara archipelago, administered as the seat of a subdistrict of Tokyo, Japan
  • Also known as: “Chi Chi Jima”, “Chi Chi Shima”, “Chi Chi To”, “Chi-chi Island”, “Chi-chi Jima”, “Chi-chi Shima”, “Chi-chi To”, “Chi-chi-jima”, “Chi-chi-shima”, “Chi-chi-to”, “Chichi Island”, “Chichi jima”, “Chichi Jima”, “Chichi Jima Island”, “Chichi Shima”, “Chichi To”, “Chichi-shima”, “Chichi-to”, “ChichiJima”, “Chichijima Island”, “Chichishima”, “Gracht”, “Gracht Eiland”, “Gracht Eilandt”, “Gracht Eyland”, “Gracht Eylandt”, “Gracht Island”, “Grachts Eiland”, “Grachts Eilandt”, “Grachts Eyland”, “Grachts Eylandt”, “Graft”, “Graft Eiland”, “Graft Eilandt”, “Graft Eyland”, “Graft Eylandt”, “Graft Island”, “Grafts Eiland”, “Grafts Eilandt”, “Grafts Eyland”, “Grafts Eylandt”, “Graght”, “Graght Eiland”, “Graght Eilandt”, “Graght Eyland”, “Graght Eylandt”, “Graght Island”, “Graghts Eiland”, “Graghts Eyland”, “Graghts Eylandt”, “île Père”, “Main Island”, “Main Island (Bonins)”, “Peel”, “تشيتشيجيما”, “جزيرة الأب”, “جزيرة بيل”, “جزيرة بييل”, “지치지마”, “치치지마”, “치치지마섬”, and “ちちじま”
  • Historically known as: “Peel Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ogasawara Downrange Station and Ōgamiyama Shrine.

Photo: Ootahara, CC0.

Shinto shrine
Photo: Yasu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Shinto shrine, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Chichijima.

Police station
Photo: Mayuno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a police station, which is situated 3½ km northwest of Chichijima.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ogasawara.

Village
Photo: タクナワン, CC0.
Village is a village… is situated 3½ km northwest of Chichijima.

Chichijima

Latitude
27.06899° or 27° 4′ 8″ north
Longitude
142.21407° or 142° 12′ 51″ east
Population
2,000
Elevation
247 metres (810 feet)
Open location code
7RV43697+HJ
Geo­Names ID
2113732
Wiki­data ID
Q1072125
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Chichijima” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Chichijima”
  • Arabic: “تشي تشي جيما”
  • Azerbaijani: “Çiçicima”
  • Azerbaijani: “Titicima”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Ціцідзіма”
  • Belarusian: “Ціцідзіма”
  • Cebuano: “Chichi-jima”
  • Chinese: “父岛”
  • Chinese: “父島”
  • Czech: “Čičidžima”
  • Dutch: “Chichi-jima”
  • French: “Chichi-jima”
  • French: “île Chichi”
  • German: “Chichi-jima”
  • Indonesian: “Chichi-jima”
  • Italian: “Chichi-jima”
  • Japanese: “父島”
  • Korean: “지치지마섬”
  • Lithuanian: “Čičidžima”
  • Persian: “چیچی‌جیما”
  • Polish: “Chichi-jima”
  • Portuguese: “Chichi-jima”
  • Russian: “Титидзима (остров)”
  • Russian: “Титидзима”
  • Slovak: “Čičidžima”
  • Slovenian: “Čičidžima”
  • Spanish: “Chichi-jima”
  • Spanish: “Chichijima”
  • Swedish: “Chichi-jima”
  • Thai: “เกาะชิจิจิมะ”
  • Thai: “เกาะชิชิจิมะ”
  • Turkish: “Chichi-jima”
  • Ukrainian: “Тітідзіма”
  • Ukrainian: “Чічіджіма”
  • Urdu: “چیچیجیما”
  • Vietnamese: “Chichi-jima”

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