Iwo Jima

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Iwo Jima (Japanese: 硫黄島, Hepburn: Iōjima; English: , Japanese: [ì.ó̞ó̞.(ɟ̟͡)ʑí.mä́], lit. 'Sulfur Island'), officially named Iwo Tō (硫黄島, Iōtō; [ì.ó̞ó̞.tó̞ó̞]), is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands, which lie south of the Bonin Islands and together with them make up the Ogasawara Archipelago. Together with the Izu Islands, they make up Japan's Nanpō Islands. Although 1,200 km (750 mi) south of Tokyo on Honshu, Iwo Jima is administered as part of the Ogasawara Subprefecture of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. Only 21 square kilometers (8.1 sq mi) in size, the island is still volcanic and emits sulfurous gases. The highest point of Iwo Jima is Mount Suribachi at 169 m (554 ft) high. Although likely passed by Micronesians who made their way to the Bonins to the north, Iwo Jima was largely ignored by the Spanish, Dutch, British, and Japanese until a relatively late date after its 1543 rediscovery. The Japanese eventually colonized the island, administering it as the Ioto or Iojima Village...

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