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).
Bathymetric chart around Iwo Jima (by the Japan Coast Guard)
Aerial view of Iwo Jima in 2014
Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima
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 on December 15, 1944
B-24 Liberator flies over Iwo Jima in March 1945
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
