Sado Island

Sado Island is an island off the coast of in the region of . The whole island forms a municipality, Sado City. The historical gold mines of the island became a cultural UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2024.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: Japanese island
  • Also known as: “Island Sado”, “Sado Sima”, “Sadogashima”, and “Sadoshima”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Konpon-ji Temple.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Torbenbrinker, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Buddhist temple.

Sado Island

Latitude
38.0245° or 38° 1′ 28″ north
Longitude
138.3946° or 138° 23′ 41″ east
Population
55,200
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
8QCW29FV+QV
Geo­Names ID
1853314
Wiki­data ID
Q998623
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Satellite Map

Discover Sado Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Yue Chinese—“Sado Island” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Sado”
  • Belarusian: “Востраў Сада”
  • Belarusian: “Садо”
  • Burmese: “ဆဒိုကျွန်း”
  • Catalan: “Sado”
  • Cebuano: “Sadoga Shima”
  • Chinese: “佐渡岛”
  • Chinese: “佐渡島”
  • Croatian: “Sado (otok)”
  • Croatian: “Sado”
  • Czech: “Sado”
  • Dutch: “Sado”
  • Esperanto: “Sado”
  • Finnish: “Sado (saari)”
  • Finnish: “Sado”
  • French: “île de Sado”
  • French: “île Sadoga”
  • French: “Sado-shima”
  • French: “Sadoga-shima”
  • Galician: “Illa de Sado”
  • German: “Sado”
  • Hebrew: “סאדו”
  • Hebrew: “סדו”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Sado”
  • Italian: “isola di Sado”
  • Italian: “Isola di Sado”
  • Japanese: “佐渡ヶ島”
  • Japanese: “佐渡島”
  • Korean: “사도가섬”
  • Latin: “Insula Sadona”
  • Literary Chinese: “佐渡島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sado”
  • Norwegian: “Sado”
  • Polish: “Sado”
  • Romanian: “Insula Sado”
  • Russian: “Садо”
  • Slovenian: “Sado”
  • Slovenian: “Sadošima”
  • Spanish: “Isla Sado”
  • Swedish: “Sado”
  • Swedish: “Sadogashima”
  • Turkish: “Sado Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Садо”
  • Wu Chinese: “佐渡岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “佐渡島”

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