Lot's Wife (crag)
Lot's Wife (孀婦岩, Sōfu Iwa or Sōfu Gan?) is a volcanic, deserted island located in the Philippine Sea approximately 650 kilometres (400 mi) off the coast of Tokyo, in the southernmost tip of the Izu archipelago, Japan.
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Izu Islands |
| Coordinates | 29°47′39″N 140°20′31″E / 29.79417°N 140.34194°E / 29.79417; 140.34194 |
| Archipelago | Izu Islands |
| Area | 0.01 km2 (0.004 sq mi) |
| Length | 84 m (276 ft) |
| Width | 56 m (184 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 99 m (325 ft) |
| Country | |
| Japan | |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
Famous quotes containing the words lot and/or wife:
“The poet begins where the man ends. The man’s lot is to live his human life, the poet’s to invent what is nonexistent.”
—José Ortega Y Gasset (1883–1955)
“Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet,
To think how mony counsels sweet,
How mony lengthen’d, sage advices,
The husband frae the wife despises!”
—Robert Burns (1759–1796)