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Outlying Japanese Islands

Range Type	Archipelago
Highest Point	Halla-san (1950 m/6398 ft)
Countries	Japan
States/Provinces	Kagoshima-ken (41%), Okinawa (37%), Nagasaki-ken (25%), Tōkyō-to (7%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	6,123 sq km / 2,364 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	1,196 km / 743 mi North-South 1,867 km / 1,160 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	26° 28' N; 127° 54' E
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Outlying Japanese Islands
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Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Outlying Japanese Islands.

Japanese Archipelago	Level 2 (Parent)
Sakhalin	Level 3 (Sibling)
Kuril Islands	Level 3 (Sibling)
Hokkaido	Level 3 (Sibling)
Honshu	Level 3 (Sibling)
Shikoku	Level 3 (Sibling)
Kyushu	Level 3 (Sibling)
Outlying Japanese Islands	Level 3
Tshushima Strait Islands	Level 4 (Child)
Ryuku Islands	Level 4 (Child)
Volcano-Bonin Islands	Level 4 (Child)

Major Peaks of the Outlying Japanese Islands

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Miyanoura-dake	1936	6352	Ryuku Islands
2.	Mount Ontake	979	3212	Ryuku Islands
3.	Minami Iwo Jima	913	2995	Volcano-Bonin Islands
4.	Hachijo-Fuji	854	2802	Volcano-Bonin Islands
5.	Mount Oyama	851	2792	Volcano-Bonin Islands
6.	Mount Otake	796	2612	Ryuku Islands
7.	Sakakigamine	792	2598	Volcano-Bonin Islands
8.	Mount Oyama	775	2543	Volcano-Bonin Islands
9.	Mihara-yama	736	2415	Volcano-Bonin Islands
10.	Mount Iodake	704	2310	Ryuku Islands
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range4
1.	Halla-san	1950	6398	Tshushima Strait Islands
2.	Miyanoura-dake	1936	6352	Ryuku Islands
3.	Minami Iwo Jima	913	2995	Volcano-Bonin Islands

Photos of Peaks in the Outlying Japanese Islands

Suribachi-yama

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Hiking Iwo Jima (2014-06-09). Photo by Randall Hodo.
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