Tanegashima
Tanegashima is an island in Kagoshima prefecture, south of Kyushu. It is home to the Tanegashima Space Center, the premier space launch site of the country.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Kagoshima, Japan
- Also known as: “Isla Tanegashima”, “Tane Island”, “Tane-ga-shima”, “Tane-ga-Sima”, “Tane-shima”, “Tanegaxima”, “Острів Тане”, “Острів Танегасіма”, “Танэгасима”, “다네가시마”, “다네가시마 섬”, “종자도”, and “타네가시마”
Places of Interest
Highlights: New Tanegashima Airport.
Tanegashima
- Category: landform
- Location: Nakatane, Kumage district, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Japan, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
This page is based on GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikivoyage.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Tanegashima” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Taneqaşima”
- Balinese: “Tanegashima, Kagoshima”
- 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: “Tanegashima”
- Hebrew: “טנגשימה”
- Indonesian: “Tanegashima”
- Italian: “Tanegashima”
- Japanese: “種子島”
- Korean: “다네가섬”
- Lithuanian: “Tanegašima”
- Macedonian: “Танегашима”
- Malay: “Tanegashima”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Tanegashima”
- Norwegian: “Tanegashima”
- Persian: “تانهگاشیما”
- Polish: “Tanegashima”
- Portuguese: “Tanegashima”
- Russian: “Танегасима”
- Serbian: “Танегашима”
- Slovenian: “Tanegašima”
- Spanish: “Tanegashima”
- Swedish: “Tanega-shima”
- Swedish: “Tanegashima”
- Tamil: “டனேகசிமா”
- Thai: “ทาเนงาชิมะ”
- Turkish: “Tanegashima”
- Ukrainian: “Танеґасіма”
- Ukrainian: “Танегашіма”
- Vietnamese: “Tanegashima”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Tanegashima”.
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Masuda and Nokan.
Kagoshima: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Kagoshima and Yakushima.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.