Kerama Islands

The Kerama Islands are a small archipelago and a National Park in , , to the west of the main .
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, or simply Kume, is an island in , , about 100 km west of the main .

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is an island in Village. is about an hour's high-speed ferry ride from Okinawa's capital, , but worlds apart with turquoise waters, white sand beaches, abundant coral, and untouched old-growth forests.

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, or Tokashikijima is an island belonging to the group of Kerama Islands in Prefecture, . The island is popular with tourists from Okinawa and mainland Japan.

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, also Tonakijima or Tunachi in Okinawan, is a small island at the halfway mark between Kume and , near the Kerama Islands of , .

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, also written and pronounced Akashima, is an island belonging to the group of Kerama Islands in Prefecture, . The island is commonly referred to as Aka and is popular with tourists from Okinawa and mainland Japan.

Kerama Islands

Latitude of center
26.2302° or 26° 13′ 49″ north
Longitude of center
127.3696° or 127° 22′ 11″ east
Population
1,760
IATA airport code
KJP
United Nations Location Code
JP KJP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 130972155
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
1859547
Wiki­data ID
Q198422
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Kerama Islands” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزر كيراما”
  • Arabic: “جزر كيرما”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kerama adaları”
  • Cebuano: “Kerama Rettō”
  • Chinese: “Kerama Kûn-tó”
  • Chinese: “庆良间群岛”
  • Chinese: “慶良間群島”
  • Chinese: “慶良間諸島”
  • Chinese: “馬齒山”
  • Dutch: “Kerama eilanden”
  • Dutch: “Kerama-eilanden”
  • Estonian: “Kerama saared”
  • French: “archipel Kerama”
  • French: “Archipel Kerama”
  • French: “îles Kerama”
  • French: “Îles Kerama”
  • German: “Kerama-Inseln”
  • German: “Kerama-retto”
  • German: “Kerama-rettō”
  • German: “Kerama-shoto”
  • German: “Kerama-shotō”
  • Italian: “Isole Kerama”
  • Japanese: “Gishippu Jima”
  • Japanese: “ぎしっぷじま”
  • Japanese: “儀志布島”
  • Japanese: “慶良間”
  • Japanese: “慶良間列島”
  • Japanese: “慶良間諸島”
  • Korean: “게라마 제도”
  • Korean: “게라마제도”
  • Literary Chinese: “慶良間群島”
  • Lithuanian: “Kerama salos”
  • Lithuanian: “Keramos salos”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Kerama Kûn-tó”
  • Polish: “Kerama-shotō”
  • Polish: “Wyspy Kerama”
  • Portuguese: “Ilhas de Kerama”
  • Russian: “Керама”
  • Russian: “Острова Керама”
  • Serbian: “Острва Керама”
  • Spanish: “Islas Kerama”
  • Swedish: “Keramaöarna”
  • Turkish: “Kerama Adaları”
  • Ukrainian: “Керамські острови”
  • Vietnamese: “Quần đảo Kerama”
  • Yue Chinese: “慶良間群島”

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