Yonaguni Monument

The Yonaguni Monument, also known as the Yonaguni Submarine Ruins, is a submerged rock formation off the coast of , the southernmost of the Ryukyu Islands, in .
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: submerged rock formation
  • Also known as: “Asijská Atlantida”, “Japonská Atlantida”, “Jonagunský monument”, “monumento de Jonaguni”, “Yonaguni Island Submarine Ruins”, “Yonaguni Island Submarine Topography”, “Yonaguni Submarine Ruins”, and “Yonaguniko Monumentua”
Photo: Melkov, CC0.
Photo: Melkov, CC0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Jinmen-iwa and 与那国郵便局.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site, which is situated 800 metres north of Yonaguni Monument.

Post office
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is a post office, which is situated 4 km north of Yonaguni Monument.

School
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is situated 3½ km north of Yonaguni Monument.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yonaguni and Kubura.

Photo: Vincent Lou, CC BY 2.0.
, one of the , is the westernmost island of , lying between the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea, a mere 107.4 kilometers separate the island from at their closest points.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 7 km west of Yonaguni Monument.

Yonaguni Monument

Latitude
24.43605° or 24° 26′ 10″ north
Longitude
123.01147° or 123° 0′ 41″ east
Open location code
7QP5C2P6+CH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3540325397
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q995511
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Uzbek—“Yonaguni Monument” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Yonaguni-monument”
  • Armenian: “Յոնագունիի հուշարձան”
  • Asturian: “Estructures de Yonaguni”
  • Basque: “Yonaguniko Egiturak”
  • Bulgarian: “Подводен монумент Йонагуни”
  • Catalan: “Estructures de Yonaguni”
  • Chinese: “與那國島海底地形”
  • Czech: “Jonagunský podmořský výtvor”
  • Danish: “Yonaguni-formationen”
  • Dutch: “Yonaguni-monument”
  • Dutch: “Yonagunim-monument”
  • Esperanto: “submara strukturo de Jonaguni”
  • French: “structure sous-marine de Yonaguni”
  • French: “Structure sous-marine de Yonaguni”
  • German: “Yonaguni-Monument”
  • Indonesian: “Monumen Yonaguni”
  • Italian: “Struttura Yonaguni”
  • Japanese: “与那国島海底地形”
  • Korean: “요나구니 구조물”
  • Malay: “Tugu Yonaguni”
  • Polish: “Monumenty Yonaguni”
  • Portuguese: “Estruturas de Yonaguni”
  • Russian: “Террасные образования у островов Рюкю”
  • Sinhala: “Yonaguni Monument”
  • Spanish: “Estructuras de Yonaguni”
  • Tamil: “யோனாகுனி நினைவுச்சின்னம்”
  • Turkish: “Yonaguni buluntuları”
  • Ukrainian: “Монумент Йонагуні”
  • Uzbek: “Yonaguni yodgorligi”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: 新川鼻東小島 and 人面岩.

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