Iwo Jima
Iwo Jima (硫黄島, meaning "sulfur island"), also known as Iō-tō,[1] is an uninhabited Japanese island in the Volcano Islands. It is south of the Bonin Islands. It is 650 nautical miles (750 mi; 1,200 km) south of mainland Tokyo.[2]
History
The first recorded mention of Iwo Jima was in 1673.[2]
It was claimed by the Empire of Japan in 1861.[2]
The island is best known as the focus of the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.[2]
Iwo Jima Media
The island's SDF airport control tower (2010)
This is a modified version of Location map of Ioto Island (Iwo Jima).
- Iwo Jima Bathymetric Chart by Japan Coast Guard.jpg
Bathymetric chart around Iwo Jima (by the Japan Coast Guard)
- Aerial view of Iwo Jima in September 2014.JPG
Aerial view of Iwo Jima in 2014
- Iwo Jima Suribachi DN-SD-03-11845.JPEG
Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima
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Iwo Jima from the International Space Station in 2016
Aerial view showing the location of 'Niijima' off of Iwoto from the ESA Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite
- B-24 Liberators after attacking Iwo Jima 15 December 1944.jpg
B-24 Liberators after attacking Iwo Jima on December 15, 1944
- 392d Bombardment Squadron - B-24 Liberator.jpg
B-24 Liberator flies over Iwo Jima in March 1945
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U.S. postage stamp, 1945 issue, commemorating the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Related pages
References
- ↑ 地名等の統一に関する連絡協議会 硫黄島の呼称を「いおうじま」から「いおうとう」へ変更 at Geographical Survey Institute of Japan Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese); Retreived 2013-4-27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Ring, Trudy et al. (1994). International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania, p. 379.
Other websites
Media related to Iwo Jima at Wikimedia Commons
