Yakushima

Yakushima is an island off the south east coast of next to and north of in . Officially a part of Prefecture, it is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Kagoshima, Japan
  • Also known as: “île Yaku”, “Yaku”, “Yaku Iisland”, “Yaku Island”, “Yaku saar”, “Yaku Sima”, “Yaku-jima”, “Γιάκου”, “Γιάκου-Σίμα”, “Νήσος Γιάκου”, “Острів Яку”, “Острів Якусіма”, “Якушима”, “เกาะยากุ”, “야쿠시마”, “屋久島スギ原始林”, and “屋久島杉原始林”
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Miyanoura and Mt. Kurio.

Peak
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is a mountain in central Yakushima in . At an altitude of 1,936 m, it is the highest peak of Yakushima and also the highest peak of the region.

Peak
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is a peak.

Peak
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is a mountain on the island of Yakushima in , Japan. At an altitude of 1,886 m, it is the second highest peak of Yakushima and the region after .

Yakushima

Latitude
30.3333° or 30° 20′ north
Longitude
130.5° or 130° 30′ east
Population
13,200
Elevation
1,742 metres (5,715 feet)
IATA airport code
KUM
Geo­Names ID
1848730
Wiki­data ID
Q242176
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Yakushima” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ياكوشيما”
  • Armenian: “Յակուշիմա”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yakuşima”
  • Basque: “Yakushima”
  • Belarusian: “Яку”
  • Catalan: “Yakushima”
  • Cebuano: “Yaku-shima”
  • Chinese: “屋久岛”
  • Chinese: “屋久島”
  • Croatian: “Yakushima”
  • Czech: “Jakušima”
  • Dutch: “Yakushima”
  • Esperanto: “Jakuŝima”
  • Estonian: “Yakushima”
  • Finnish: “Yakushima”
  • French: “Yaku-shima”
  • French: “Yakushima”
  • Galician: “Yakushima”
  • Georgian: “იაკუშიმა”
  • German: “Yakushima”
  • Greek: “Γιακουσίμα”
  • Hebrew: “יקושימה”
  • Hungarian: “Jakusima”
  • Indonesian: “Yakushima”
  • Italian: “Yakushima”
  • Japanese: “屋久島”
  • Javanese: “Yakushima”
  • Korean: “야쿠섬”
  • Lithuanian: “Jakušima”
  • Macedonian: “Јакушима”
  • Maithili: “याकुशिमा”
  • Malayalam: “യാകുഷിമ”
  • Maltese: “Yakushima”
  • Mingrelian: “იაკუშიმა”
  • Nepali: “याकुशिमा”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Yakushima”
  • Norwegian: “Yakushima”
  • Panjabi: “ਯਾਕੁਸ਼ਿਮਾ”
  • Persian: “یاکوشیما”
  • Polish: “Yaku-shima”
  • Polish: “Yakushima”
  • Portuguese: “Yakushima”
  • Romanian: “Yakushima”
  • Russian: “Яку”
  • Russian: “Якусима”
  • Scots: “Yakushima”
  • Shona: “Yakushima”
  • Slovak: “Jakušima”
  • Slovenian: “Jakušima”
  • Spanish: “Yakushima”
  • Swedish: “Yakushima”
  • Thai: “ยากูชิมะ”
  • Turkish: “Yakuşima”
  • Ukrainian: “Якусіма”
  • Ukrainian: “Якушіма”
  • Vietnamese: “Yakushima”
  • Welsh: “Yakushima”
  • Wu Chinese: “屋久岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “屋久島”

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