Bōyo Islands

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Coordinates: 34°5′16.53″N 132°41′24.45″E / 34.0879250°N 132.6901250°E / 34.0879250; 132.6901250

The Bōyo Islands (防予諸島, Bōyo-shotō or Hōyo-shotō[1]) are a group of 41 islands that belong to Yamaguchi and Ehime Prefectures in the Inland Sea. The largest by far is Suō-Ōshima, or Yashiro Island.

List of islands[]

The islands are categorized into the following groups:

  • , 平郡島
    • Suō-Ōshima, or Yashiro Island
    • , 情島
    • , # 沖家室島
    • 3 others
    • 5 in the Kumage group
  • (29)
    • , 津和地島
    • , 怒和島
    • , 二神島
    • , 睦月島
    • , 野忽那島
    • , 由利島
    • , 釣島 (uninhabited)
    • , 興居島 (uninhabited)
    • , 端島 (山口県) (uninhabited)
    • Hashira Island, 柱島
    • 18 more uninhabited

References[]

  1. ^ Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan, ISBN 4-8071-0004-1


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