Kuro

Kuro Island, often referred to by its full Japanese name Kuroshima, is one of the smaller of the of .
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  • Island
  • …has about 210 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (50 feet)
  • Description: island in Taketomi, Okinawa, Japan
  • Also known as
    “Baugh”
    “Heart Island”
    “Kuro Island”
    “Kuro Sima”
    “Kuroshima”
    “Kurushima”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Iko Pier.
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Kuro

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Latitude
24.2387° or 24° 14′ 19″ north
Longitude
124.0096° or 124° 0′ 34″ east
Open location code
7QP662Q5+FR
Geo­Names ID
1858129
Wiki­data ID
Q701089

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Yaeyama—“Kuro” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Kuroşima adası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kuroşima”
  • Cebuano: “Kuro-shima (pulo sa Hapon, lat 24,24, long 124,01)”
  • Cebuano: “Kuro-shima”
  • Central Okinawan: “黒島”
  • Chinese: “黑岛”
  • Chinese: “黑島”
  • Dutch: “Kuroshima”
  • French: “Kuro-shima”
  • German: “Kuroshima”
  • Indonesian: “Kuroshima, Okinawa”
  • Indonesian: “Kuroshima”
  • Japanese: “くろしま”
  • Japanese: “黒島”
  • Korean: “구로시마섬”
  • Russian: “Куросима”
  • Shona: “Chitsuwa che Kuroshima”
  • Spanish: “Kuro”
  • Spanish: “Kuroshima”
  • Swedish: “Kuro-shima”
  • Turkish: “Kuroshima”
  • Turkish: “Kuroşima (Okinava)”
  • Ukrainian: “Куросіма”
  • Vietnamese: “Kuroshima, Okinawa”
  • Vietnamese: “Kuroshima”
  • Yaeyama: “Ffusïma”

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