Yonaguni

Yonaguni, one of the , is the westernmost island of , lying between the East China Sea and the Philippine Sea. A mere 107.4 kilometers separate the island from at their closest points.
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  • Type: Quarter with 1,680 residents
  • Description: island in Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa, Japan
  • Also known as: “Island Yonaguni”, “Kumi Island”, “Yo-nakuni Sima”, “Yonagun-shima”, “Yonaguni-shima”, “Yonagunijima”, “Yonakokujima”, “Yonakuni-jima”, “Yonakuni-shima”, and “字与那国”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Yonaguni Airport and Yonaguni Monument.

Aerodrome
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, is a third-class airport located in , Yaeyama District, , .

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The , also known as the Yonaguni Submarine Ruins, is a submerged rock formation off the coast of Yonaguni, the southernmost of the Ryukyu Islands, in .

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yonaguni Town and Kubura.

Town
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Yonaguni is a town located entirely on Yonaguni Island in , , . It is the westernmost municipality in Japan, and is known for billfish fishing and as a diving spot.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km west of Yonaguni.

Yonaguni

Latitude
24.4559° or 24° 27′ 21″ north
Longitude
122.9877° or 122° 59′ 16″ east
Population
1,680
Elevation
67 metres (220 feet)
United Nations Location Code
JP OGN
Open location code
7QP4FX4Q+83
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8584965934
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­quarter
Geo­Names ID
1848275
Wiki­data ID
Q220701
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Yonaguni” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Yonaguni”
  • Albanian: “Younaguni”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yonaquni”
  • Basque: “Yonaguni”
  • Catalan: “Yonaguni”
  • Cebuano: “Yonaguni-jima”
  • Central Okinawan: “ユナグニジマ”
  • Central Okinawan: “与那国”
  • Chinese: “Yonaguni Tó”
  • Chinese: “与那国岛”
  • Chinese: “與那國島”
  • Czech: “Jonaguni”
  • Dutch: “Yonaguni”
  • Estonian: “Yonaguni”
  • Finnish: “Yonaguni”
  • French: “île Yonaguni”
  • French: “Yonaguni-jima”
  • French: “Yonaguni”
  • Galician: “Yonaguni”
  • German: “Yonaguni”
  • Hebrew: “יונאגוני”
  • Hungarian: “Jonaguni”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Yonaguni”
  • Indonesian: “Yonaguni”
  • Italian: “Yonaguni”
  • Japanese: “Yonaguni”
  • Japanese: “よなぐに”
  • Japanese: “よなぐにじま”
  • Japanese: “与那国島”
  • Korean: “요나구니섬”
  • Lithuanian: “Jonagunis”
  • Malay: “Yonaguni”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Yonaguni-tó”
  • Persian: “یوناگونی”
  • Polish: “Yonaguni”
  • Portuguese: “Yonaguni”
  • Russian: “Йонагуни”
  • Serbian: “Јонагуни”
  • Shona: “Yonaguni”
  • Slovenian: “Jonagunidžima”
  • Slovenian: “otok Jonaguni”
  • Spanish: “Yonaguni”
  • Swedish: “Yonaguni”
  • Turkish: “Yonaguni Adası”
  • Turkish: “Yonaguni”
  • Ukrainian: “Йонаґуні”
  • Vietnamese: “Yonaguni”
  • Wu Chinese: “与那国岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “與那國島”

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