Ogasawara Islands
Also known as Bonin Archipelago, Bonin Islands, Bonin-shotō, îles Bonin, Ogasawara, Ogasawara Archipelago, Ogasawara Shoto, Ogasawara Shotō, Ogasawara-shotō, Ogasawara-Shotō, 小笠原諸島
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criterion (ix).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Japan
Inscribed
2011
Area
7,939 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Ogasawara Islands is about 960 km south-east of Hamamatsu.
Nearest towns and cities
- Hamamatsu · about 977,000 peopleabout 960 km north-west
- Shizuoka · about 702,000 peopleabout 960 km north
- Yokohama · about 3,698,000 peopleabout 970 km north
- Kawasaki · about 1,437,000 peopleabout 980 km north
- Tokyo · about 35,676,000 peopleabout 990 km north
- Hachiōji · about 579,000 peopleabout 1000 km north
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
No other World Heritage sites lie within 600 km.
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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