Awaji Island
Awaji Island is a not-terribly-large island - about the same size as Singapore - that marks the eastern boundary of the Seto Inland Sea of Japan. Thanks to a set of new bridges and a cross-island expressway, most visitors just zip through on their way from Honshu to Shikoku.
- Island
- …has 129,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 144 metres (472 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Awadji Sima”
- Description: Seto Inland Sea Island
- Also known as“Awazi”“Awazi-sima”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mt. Sen and 市立広石小学校.
Awaji Island
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Latitude
34.3654° or 34° 21′ 55″ north
Longitude
134.8262° or 134° 49′ 34″ east
Open location code
8Q6P9R8G+5F
OpenStreetMap ID
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Awaji Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أواجي”
- Arabic: “جزيرة أواجي”
- Armenian: “Ավաձի”
- Azerbaijani: “Avaci adası”
- Azerbaijani: “Avaci”
- Basque: “Awaji uhartea”
- Belarusian: “Авадзі”
- Belarusian: “Востраў Авадзі”
- Bengali: “আয়াজি দ্বীপ”
- Bulgarian: “Аваджи”
- Bulgarian: “Аважи”
- Catalan: “Awaji”
- Catalan: “Illa d’Awaji”
- Cebuano: “Awaji Shima”
- Central Bikol: “Isla nin Awaji”
- Chinese: “淡路岛”
- Chinese: “淡路島”
- Czech: “Awadži”
- Danish: “Avaji”
- Dutch: “Awaji”
- Esperanto: “Aŭaĝi”
- Estonian: “Awaji saar”
- Finnish: “Awaji”
- French: “Awaji-shima”
- French: “île d’Awaji”
- French: “Île d’Awaji”
- Galician: “Illa de Awaji”
- German: “Awaji-shima”
- German: “Awajishima”
- Greek: “Αβάτζι”
- Hebrew: “אוואג’י”
- Hindi: “अवाजी द्वीप”
- Indonesian: “Awaji”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Awaji”
- Italian: “isola Awaji”
- Italian: “Isola Awaji”
- Japanese: “日本のガラパゴス”
- Japanese: “淡路島”
- Korean: “아와지섬”
- Latin: “Insula Avadia”
- Latin: “Insula Awaji”
- Lithuanian: “Avadži sala”
- Lithuanian: “Avadži”
- Lithuanian: “Avadžis”
- Lithuanian: “Awaji”
- Luxembourgish: “Awaji-shima”
- Persian: “جزیره آواجی”
- Polish: “Awaji-shima”
- Polish: “Awaji”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Awaji”
- Portuguese: “Ilha de Awaji”
- Romanian: “Insula Awaji”
- Russian: “Авадзи”
- Slovenian: “Avadži”
- Spanish: “Awaji”
- Spanish: “Awajishima”
- Spanish: “Isla Awaji”
- Spanish: “Isla de Awaji”
- Swedish: “Awaji-ön”
- Swedish: “Awaji”
- Tajik: “Ҷазираи Авадзӣ”
- Thai: “เกาะอาวาจิ”
- Turkish: “Awaji Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Авадзі”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Авадзі”
- Vietnamese: “Awaji”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Awaji”
- Wu Chinese: “淡路岛”
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