Tanegashima

Tanegashima is an island in Kagoshima prefecture, south of . It is home to the Tanegashima Space Center, the premier space launch site of the country.
NASA, Public domain.
  • Island
  • …has about 33,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 280 metres (930 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code TNE
  • Description: island in Kagoshima, Japan
  • Also known as
    “Tane Island”
    “Tane-ga-Sima”
    “Tane-shima”

Places of Interest

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Latitude
30.5949° or 30° 35′ 42″ north
Longitude
130.9954° or 130° 59′ 43″ east
Open location code
8Q2GHXVW+X5
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Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Tanegashima” goes by many names.
TaneqaşimaAzerbaijani
Tanegashima, KagoshimaBalinese
TanegashimaBasque
ТанегасімаBelarusian
ТанигашимаBulgarian
TanegashimaCatalan
Tanega ShimaCebuano
Tanega Shima (pulo sa Hapon, Kagoshima-ken)Cebuano
种子岛Chinese
種子島Chinese
TanegašimaCzech
TanegashimaDutch
TanegaŝimaEsperanto
TanegashimaFinnish
טנגשימהHebrew
TanegashimaIndonesian
TanegashimaItalian
種子島Japanese
다네가섬Korean
다네가시마Korean
다네가시마 섬Korean
종자도Korean
타네가시마Korean
TanegašimaLithuanian
ТанегашимаMacedonian
TanegashimaMalay
TanegashimaNorwegian
TanegashimaNorwegian Bokmål
تانه‌گاشیماPersian
TanegashimaPolish
ТанегасимаRussian
ТанэгасимаRussian
ТанегашимаSerbian
TanegašimaSlovenian
Tanega-shimaSwedish
டனேகசிமாTamil
ทาเนงาชิมะThai
TanegashimaTurkish
Острів ТанеUkrainian
Острів ТанегасімаUkrainian
ТанегасімаUkrainian
ТанеґасімаUkrainian
ТанегашімаUkrainian
TanegashimaVietnamese

Places with the Same Name

Localities in the Area

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Kagoshima: Highlights

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