Kerama Retto
The are a subtropical island group southwest of Okinawa Island in Japan. Geography Four islands are inhabited: Tokashiki Island, Zamami Island, Aka Island, and Geruma Island. The islands are administered as Tokashiki Village and Zamami Village within Shimajiri District. The Kerama-shotō coral reef is a Ramsar Site. The archipelago consists of the following islands (-jima/-shima) - inhabited ones are highlighted in blue - and rocks (other suffixes, unnamed entries) with an area of at least 0.01 km². Flora The archipelago has several extensive coral reefs. Two of them were designated as Ramsar sites in November 2005: a 120-hectare area along the west coast of Tokashiki-jima and around Hanari-jima, and a 233-hectare area around Ijakaja-jima, Gahi-jima and Agenashiku-jima , i.e. H. between Aka Island and Zamami Island. These reefs are home to 248 different coral species, most notably of the Acropora genus. On March 5, 2014, the waters and the islands were placed un ...
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continents of Asia and Oceania in the west and the Americas in the east. At in area (as defined with a southern Antarctic border), this largest division of the World Ocean—and, in turn, the hydrosphere—covers about 46% of Earth's water surface and about 32% of its total surface area, larger than Earth's entire land area combined .Pacific Ocean
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Tokashiki Aerial
Tokashiki may refer to: * Tokashiki, Okinawa, an island located in Shimajiri district, Okinawa, Japan People with the surname *, a member of the manga artist duo Adachitoka *, former WBA Light flyweight champion *, Japanese women's basketball player {{Disambiguation, surname Japanese-language surnames ...
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Amuro Island
Amuro may refer to: Fictional characters *Amuro Ray, a space pilot in ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' *Tōru Amuro, a detective in '' Detective Conan'' Other uses *Namie Amuro Namie Amuro ( ; ja, 安室奈美恵, Amuro Namie, label=none; born September 20, 1977) is a Japanese former recording artist, producer, songwriter, dancer, model, actress and entrepreneur who was active between 1992 and 2018. A leading figure of ... (born 1977), Japanese entertainer {{disambiguation Japanese-language surnames ...
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Fukaji Island
is an uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Kerama Islands group in Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi). Naha is the capital and largest cit ..., Japan. The Kerama Airport is located on Fukaji. There is an observatory for whale watching near the entrance of the airport. References Islands of Okinawa Prefecture Kerama Islands {{Okinawa-geo-stub ...
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Geruma Island 20081121-gsi
Geruma may be, * Geruma Island, Japan *Geruma language Geruma (also known as Gerema, Germa) is an Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria. Dialects include Duurum and Sum Sum most commonly means the total of two or more numbers added together; see addition. Sum can also refer to: Mathematic ...