Shikinejima
Shikinejima is a volcanic island in the Philippine Sea island in the Izu Islands, 140 km from Tokyo. It is one of the Izu Seven Islands group of the seven northern islands of the Izu archipelago.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Nesnad, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Tokyo, Japan
- Also known as: “Niijima-shikine-shima”, “Niijimashikine-jima”, “Shikine”, “Shikine-jima”, “Shikine-shima”, and “Sikine Sima”
- Historically known as: “Shikine Jima”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kanbiki Observatory and Tomari Shrine.
Kanbiki Observatory
Scenic viewpoint
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Kanbiki Observatory is a scenic viewpoint.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jinata Onsen and Port of Shikinejima.
Shikinejima
- Category: landform
- Location: Izu Islands, Tokyo, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Satellite Map
Discover Shikinejima from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vietnamese—“Shikinejima” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Shikinejima”
- Catalan: “Shikine-jima”
- Cebuano: “Shikine-jima”
- Chinese: “式根岛”
- Chinese: “式根島”
- Dutch: “Shikine-jima”
- French: “Shikine-jima”
- German: “Shikine-jima”
- German: “Shikinejima”
- Japanese: “しきねじま”
- Japanese: “式根島”
- Japanese: “式根松島”
- Korean: “시키네섬”
- Korean: “시키네지마”
- Latin: “Insula Sicinea”
- Persian: “شیکینه-جیما”
- Polish: “Shikine-jima”
- Portuguese: “Shikine-jima”
- Russian: “Сикине”
- Russian: “Сикинедзима”
- Russian: “Сикинэдзима”
- Slovenian: “Shikine-jima”
- Slovenian: “Šikinedžima”
- Spanish: “Shikinejima”
- Swedish: “Shikine-jima”
- Turkish: “Shikinejima”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Сікіне”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Шікіне”
- Vietnamese: “Shikinejima”
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