Danjo Islands

The Danjo Islands (男女群島, Danjo-guntō, literally: "male and female archipelago") are a small uninhabited Japanese island group in the East China Sea situated approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) south-southwest of the Gotō Islands and administratively part of the city of Gotō, Nagasaki Prefecture.[1] The five main islands of O-shima (男島) Kuroki-jima (クロキ島), Yori-shima (寄島), Hanaguri-jima (ハナグリ島), and Me-shima (女島) together stretch some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from north to south and cover an area of 4.7 square kilometres (1.8 sq mi).[1] The islands, their flora, and their fauna are protected as a Natural Monument,[3] Biotic Community Protection Forest,[2] Special Wildlife Protection Area, [4][5] and Important Bird Area.[6][7] Birds found on the islands include the Japanese murrelet, streaked shearwater, brown booby, Ryukyu robin, Japanese wood pigeon, and Pleske's grasshopper warbler.[6]

Danjo Islands
Native name:
男女群島
Danjo-guntō
Danjo Islands (at the bottom, marked NANNYO-GUNTŌ) in the East China Sea, with the Gotō Islands to the Northeast (USAMS 1952)
Geography
Coordinates32°01′26″N 128°23′07″E
Adjacent toEast China Sea
Major islands5 (uninhabited)[1]
Area4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)[1]
Highest elevation281 m (922 ft)[2]
Administration
Japan
PrefecturesNagasaki Prefecture
MunicipalityGotō City

Maps and images
  • Danjo Islands (North)(USAMS 1945)
    Danjo Islands (North)
    (USAMS 1945)
  • Danjo Islands (South)(USAMS 1945)
    Danjo Islands (South)
    (USAMS 1945)
  • Me-shima(MLIT 1978)
    Me-shima
    (MLIT 1978)

See also
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References
  1. Seki Shinichi 関伸一 (December 2010). 男女群島の鳥類 [Avifauna of the Danjo Islands, located in the north-eastern part of the East China Sea] (PDF). 森林総合研究所研究報告 (Bulletin of FFPRI) (in Japanese). 9 (4): 193–205. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. 男女（だんじょ）群島生物群集保護林 [Danjo Islands Biotic Community Protection Forest] (in Japanese). Forestry Agency. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  3. 男女群島 [Danjo Islands] (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  4. 国指定鳥獣保護区一覧 [List of National Wildlife Protection Areas] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. 1 November 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  5. 国指定男女群島鳥獣保護区 [Danjo Islands National Wildlife Protection Area] (PDF) (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  6. "Danjo Islands". BirdLife International. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  7. "Danjo Islands - Marine". BirdLife International. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
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