Okinoshima

Okinoshima is an island in of . It is home to an extremely sacred Shinto shrine and is notoriously almost impossible to get into — in fact, no women whatsoever are allowed on the island.
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of around 240 metres (800 feet)
  • …was formerly known as “Colnet Island”
  • Description: island in Fukuoka, Japan
  • Also known as
    “Okino Sima”
    “肥前沖ノ島”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Koyajima.
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Islet
is an islet.

Okinoshima

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Latitude
34.244° or 34° 14′ 39″ north
Longitude
130.1056° or 130° 6′ 20″ east
Open location code
8Q6G64V4+J6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 130967183
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1854305
Wiki­data ID
Q7082047

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Okinoshima” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Օկինոշիմա”
  • Armenian: “Օկինոսիմա (կղզի)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Okinoşima adası”
  • Cebuano: “Okino-shima (pulo sa Hapon, lat 34,24, long 130,10)”
  • Cebuano: “Okino-shima”
  • Central Bikol: “Okinoshima”
  • Chinese: “冲之岛”
  • Chinese: “沖之島”
  • Chinese: “衝之島”
  • Croatian: “Okinoshima”
  • Czech: “Okinošima”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “اوكينوشيما”
  • Finnish: “Okinoshima”
  • French: “Île Oki”
  • French: “Oki-no-shima”
  • French: “Shōsōin des mers”
  • German: “Okinoshima”
  • Greek: “Οκινοσίμα”
  • Hebrew: “אוקינושימה”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Okinoshima”
  • Italian: “Okinoshima”
  • Japanese: “Oki-no-shima”
  • Japanese: “おきのしま”
  • Japanese: “沖ノ島”
  • Korean: “오키노섬”
  • Latin: “Insula Ocinosima”
  • Lithuanian: “Okinošima”
  • Malayalam: “ഒകിനോഷിമ”
  • Manipuri: “ꯑꯣꯀꯤꯅꯣꯁꯤꯃ (ꯐꯨꯀꯨꯑꯣꯀ)”
  • Manipuri: “ꯑꯣꯀꯤꯅꯣꯁꯤꯃ”
  • Persian: “اوکینوشیما”
  • Portuguese: “Okinoshima”
  • Russian: “Окиносима”
  • Thai: “โอกิโนชิมะ”
  • Turkish: “Okinoşima Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Окіносіма”
  • Urdu: “اوکینوشیما”
  • Vietnamese: “Okinoshima”

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