Kitadaito
Kitadaitō is an isolated island in the open sea about 360 km east of the Okinawan mainland, in Japan. The outer part of the island is made of precipitous cliffs, while the inside is flat plains that lay in a basin surrounded by vegetation covered cliff side.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Okinawa, Japan
- Also known as: “Kita Ohigashijima”, “Kita-Daitō Island”, “Kita-daitō Sima”, “Kita-daito-shima”, “Kita-Daitō-shima”, “Kita-ōagari Jima”, “Kita-ōagari-shima”, “Kitadaitō Island”, “Kitadaito Jima”, and “Kitadaitōjima”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kitadaito Airport and Daitōgū.
Kitadaito Airport
Aerodrome
Kitadaitō Airport is located on the island of Kitadaitōjima in the village of Kitadaitō, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The prefecture operates the airport, which is classified as a third class airport.
Kitadaitōjima Phosphate Mine
Mine
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The Kitadaitōjima Phosphate Mine is a former phosphate mine located on the island of Kitadaitōjima, in the Philippine Sea southeast of Okinawa, Japan. It is administratively within the borders of the village of Kitadaitō, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kitadaitō Village.
Kitadaitō Village
Village
Kitadaitō is a village consisting of the islands of Kitadaitōjima and Okidaitōjima of Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As of October 2016, the village has an estimated population of 615 and a density of 47 persons per km2.
Kitadaito
- Category: landform
- Location: Daito Islands, Okinawa, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Kitadaito” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Kitadayto”
- Catalan: “illa Kitadaitō”
- Catalan: “Kita-daitō”
- Cebuano: “Kitadaitō Jima”
- Central Okinawan: “北大東島”
- Chinese: “北大東島”
- Czech: “Kita-daitó”
- Czech: “Kitadaitó”
- Czech: “Severní Borodino”
- Dutch: “Kitadaitō”
- Finnish: “Kitadaitō”
- French: “Kitadaitō-jima”
- French: “Kitadaitō”
- German: “Kita-daitō”
- Italian: “Kitadaitō”
- Japanese: “きただいとうじま”
- Japanese: “北大東島”
- Korean: “기타다이토섬”
- Portuguese: “Kitadaitojima”
- Russian: “Китадайто”
- Russian: “Северный Бородино”
- Slovenian: “Kitadaitodžima”
- Slovenian: “otok Kitadaito”
- Spanish: “Kita Daitō”
- Spanish: “Kitadaitō”
- Swedish: “Kita-daito”
- Turkish: “Kitadaitō”
- Turkish: “Kitadaitōjima”
- Ukrainian: “Кіта-Дайтоджіма”
- Ukrainian: “Кітадайто”
- Uzbek: “Kitadaitōjima”
- Vietnamese: “Kitadaitō”
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