Amami-Oshima, Okinawa and Iriomote
Also known as Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island, île Amami-Oshima, ile Tokunoshima, partie nord de l'ile d'Okinawa et ile d'Iriomote
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criterion (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Japan
Inscribed
2021
Area
42,698 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Amami-Oshima, Okinawa and Iriomote is about 290 km north-east of Naha. The nearest other World Heritage site is Yakushima, about 260 km away.
Nearest towns and cities
- Naha · about 905,000 peopleabout 290 km south-west
- Kanoya · about 82,000 peopleabout 370 km north
- Kagoshima · about 555,000 peopleabout 390 km north
- Miyazaki · about 324,000 peopleabout 450 km north-east
- Nagasaki · about 435,000 peopleabout 500 km north
- Kumamoto · about 718,000 peopleabout 520 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
JapanNatural257 km away
JapanCultural285 km away
JapanCultural505 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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