Tokunoshima

Tokunoshima is one of the . Together with , and the northern part of the it was listed as a natural world heritage site by UNESCO in 2021.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Kagoshima, Japan
  • Also known as: “Toku no shima”, “Toku-no-sima”, “Tokunoshima Island”, and “도쿠노시마 섬”
  • Historically known as: “Crown Island”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amagi.

Town
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is a town on the northwest coast of Tokunoshima…

Tokunoshima

Latitude
27.7735° or 27° 46′ 24″ north
Longitude
128.9484° or 128° 56′ 54″ east
Population
27,000
Elevation
142 metres (466 feet)
IATA airport code
TKN
Open location code
7QVCQWFX+99
Geo­Names ID
1850165
Wiki­data ID
Q701847
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Tokunoshima” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Tokunoshima”
  • Cebuano: “Tokuno Shima”
  • Central Okinawan: “徳之島”
  • Chinese: “德之岛”
  • Chinese: “德之島”
  • Czech: “Tokunošima”
  • Dutch: “Toku-no-shima”
  • Finnish: “Tokunoshima”
  • French: “île Tokuno”
  • French: “Tokuno-shima”
  • German: “Tokunoshima”
  • Hebrew: “טוקונושימה”
  • Indonesian: “Tokunoshima”
  • Italian: “Isola di Tokunoshima”
  • Japanese: “徳之島”
  • Korean: “도쿠노섬”
  • Lithuanian: “Tokunošima”
  • Persian: “توکونوشیما”
  • Piemontese: “Toku”
  • Russian: “Токуносима”
  • Slovenian: “Tokunošima”
  • Spanish: “Tokunoshima”
  • Swedish: “Tokunoshima”
  • Thai: “โทกูโนชิมะ”
  • Turkish: “Tokunoshima”
  • Ukrainian: “Токуносіма”
  • Vietnamese: “Tokunoshima”

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