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Satsuma-Iwojima

Monday, 25th July 2005 by

Here is a great shot of Miyakejima Satsuma-Iwojima Island off the coast of Japan. It is volcanic in origin and the big volcano is Mount Oyama. This has erupted several times in recent history. A lava flow in 1940 killed 11 people, and other eruptions occurred in 1962 and 1983. In 2000, Mount Oyama began another series of eruptions and the island had to be evacuated. The residents were only allowed to return permanently in February, 2005! (I suck)

Satsuma-Iwojima

Thanks seamus & Tomoya (for the corrections).

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3 Responses to 'Satsuma-Iwojima'

  1. 1. Tomoya says: July 26th, 2005 at 5:13 am

    Hi , The linked island is not Miyakejima Island.
    Its name is Satsuma-Iwojima Island.

    Miyakejima Island is here
    Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

    Miyakejima Island locates 180Km south of Tokyo.
    ( Sorry , I’m very poor at english.)

  2. 2. Anonymous says: July 26th, 2005 at 8:49 am

    See info below.

    Miyakejima Island
    http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/mitake/path.pl?S=miyakejima&L=en&UI=reiko

    Satsuma Iojima
    http://www.aist.go.jp/RIODB/mitake/path.pl?S=satsuma+iojima&L=en&UI=reiko

  3. 3. Jessica says: December 2nd, 2005 at 1:19 pm

    Google Local apparently can’t get that close to Miyakejima. This is Miyakejima. (Tho I capped that off GoogleEarth, not GoogleLocal.)

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