Minamidaitō

Minamidaitō
Native name: 南大東島, Minamidaitō-jima
Geography
Location East Asia
Archipelago Japanese archipelago
Area 30.57 km2 (11.803 sq mi)
Coastline 21.2 km (13.17 mi)
Highest elevation 75 m (246 ft)
Country
Japan
Prefectures Okinawa
District Shimajiri District
Village Minamidaitō

Minamidaitō (南大東島 Minamidaitō-jima?), also spelt as Minami Daitō or Minami-Daitō, is the largest of the Daitō Islands, which is part of the Nansei Islands, Japan. Administratively, the whole island forms the village of Minamidaitō, Shimajiri District, Okinawa.

The island was formally named South Borodino Island after being discovered by the Russian marine vessel Borodino in 1820.

Island groupings

References

  1. ^ Ajiro Tatsuhiko and Warita Ikuo, Waga kuni no kōiki na chimei oyobi sono han'i ni tsuite no chōsa kenkyū (The geographical names and those extents of the wide areas in Japan), Kaiyō Jōhōbu Gihō, Vol. 27, 2009.online edition