Ogasawara Subprefecture - Geography

Geography

The three main groups which comprise the archipelago. All the islands together comprise only 61 square kilometers; and they are:

  • Groom Islands (group) (聟島列島, Muko-jima rettō?)—the northern-most cluster.
  • Bride Island (嫁島, Yome-jima?)
  • Groom Island (聟島, Muko-jima?)
  • "Go-Between" Island (媒島, Nakōdo-jima or Nakadachi-jima?)
... plus a few outcrops, the most remote northerly one is North Island (北島, Kitano-jima or Kitanoshima?)
  • Father Islands (group) (父島列島, Chichi-jima rettō?)—the middle cluster.
  • Father Island (父島, Chichi-jima?)
  • Elder Brother Island (兄島, Ani-jima?)
  • Younger Brother Island (弟島, Otōto-jima?)
  • Grandchild Island (孫島, Mago-jima?)
... plus islets known only as
  • East Island (東島, Higashi-jima?)
  • West Island (西島, Nishi-jima?)
  • South Island (南島, Minami-jima?)
  • the Mother Islands (group) (母島列島, Haha-jima rettō?)—the southern-most cluster.
  • Mother Island (母島, Hahajima?)
  • Elder Sister Island (姉島, Ane-jima?)
  • Younger Sister Island (妹島, Imōto-jima?)
  • Niece Island (姪島, Mei-jima?)
... plus a few other small and miscellaneous islands known as
  • "Flat" Island (平島, Hira-shima?)
  • "Over There" Island (向島, Muko-jima?)

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