Tanegashima

Tanegashima is one of the belonging to , . The island, 444.99 km2 in area, is the second largest of the Ōsumi Islands, and has a population of 33,000 people.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Kagoshima, Japan
  • Also known as: Tane Island”, “Tane-ga-Sima”, and “Tane-shima

Places of Interest

Highlights include New Tanegashima Airport.

Aerodrome
, also known as Tanegashima Airport, is located in , on Tanegashima, one of the in southern , .

Tanegashima

Latitude
30.5949° or 30° 35′ 42″ north
Longitude
130.9954° or 130° 59′ 43″ east
Population
33,000
Elevation
216 metres (709 feet)
IATA airport code
TNE
Open location code
8Q2GHXVW+X5
Geo­Names ID
1850687
Wiki­data ID
Q696228
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Tanegashima” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Taneqaşima
  • Basque: Tanegashima
  • Belarusian: Танегасіма
  • Bulgarian: Танигашима
  • Catalan: Tanegashima
  • Cebuano: Tanega Shima (pulo sa Hapon, Kagoshima-ken)
  • Cebuano: Tanega Shima
  • Chinese: 种子岛
  • Chinese: 種子島
  • Czech: Tanegašima
  • Dutch: Tanegashima
  • Esperanto: Tanegaŝima
  • Finnish: Tanegashima
  • French: île Tanega
  • French: Tanega-shima
  • French: Tanegashima
  • German: Tane-ga-shima
  • German: Tanegashima
  • Hebrew: טנגשימה
  • Indonesian: Tanegashima
  • Italian: Tanegashima
  • Japanese: 種子島
  • Korean: 다네가섬
  • Korean: 다네가시마 섬
  • Korean: 다네가시마
  • Korean: 종자도
  • Korean: 타네가시마
  • Lithuanian: Tanegašima
  • Macedonian: Танегашима
  • Malay: Tanegashima
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tanegashima
  • Norwegian: Tanegashima
  • Persian: تانه‌گاشیما
  • Polish: Tanegashima
  • Portuguese: Tanegashima
  • Portuguese: Tanegaxima
  • Russian: Танегасима
  • Russian: Танэгасима
  • Serbian: Танегашима
  • Slovenian: Tanegašima
  • Spanish: Isla Tanegashima
  • Spanish: Tanegashima
  • Swedish: Tanega-shima
  • Swedish: Tanegashima
  • Tamil: டனேகசிமா
  • Turkish: Tanegashima
  • Ukrainian: Острів Тане
  • Ukrainian: Острів Танегасіма
  • Ukrainian: Танегасіма
  • Ukrainian: Танегашіма
  • Vietnamese: Tanegashima

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