Okinotorishima
E1010286
Okinotorishima is Japan’s southernmost and easternmost remote coral atoll, known for its role in extending Japan’s claimed exclusive economic zone in the Philippine Sea.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Okinotorishima canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10521667 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Okinotorishima Context triple: [Nanpō Islands, hasPart, Okinotorishima]
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A.
Okinoerabu Island
Okinoerabu Island is a remote coral island in Japan’s Amami archipelago, known for its extensive limestone caves, subtropical climate, and agriculture, particularly lily and sugarcane cultivation.
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B.
Minami-Tori-shima
Minami-Tori-shima is a remote Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean that marks Japan’s easternmost point and hosts a weather station and airstrip.
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C.
Sakishima Island
Sakishima Island is a man-made island in Osaka, Japan, known as a major business and commercial district featuring high-rise buildings and convention facilities.
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D.
Daitō Islands
The Daitō Islands are a small, remote group of Japanese islands in the Philippine Sea, east of Okinawa, known for their coral limestone geology and role as part of the broader Ryukyu archipelago.
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E.
Onogoro-shima
Onogoro-shima is the mythical first island of the Japanese archipelago in Shinto cosmology, formed by the deities Izanagi and Izanami as the birthplace of the land.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Okinotorishima Target entity description: Okinotorishima is Japan’s southernmost and easternmost remote coral atoll, known for its role in extending Japan’s claimed exclusive economic zone in the Philippine Sea.
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A.
Okinoerabu Island
Okinoerabu Island is a remote coral island in Japan’s Amami archipelago, known for its extensive limestone caves, subtropical climate, and agriculture, particularly lily and sugarcane cultivation.
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B.
Minami-Tori-shima
Minami-Tori-shima is a remote Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean that marks Japan’s easternmost point and hosts a weather station and airstrip.
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C.
Sakishima Island
Sakishima Island is a man-made island in Osaka, Japan, known as a major business and commercial district featuring high-rise buildings and convention facilities.
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D.
Daitō Islands
The Daitō Islands are a small, remote group of Japanese islands in the Philippine Sea, east of Okinawa, known for their coral limestone geology and role as part of the broader Ryukyu archipelago.
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E.
Onogoro-shima
Onogoro-shima is the mythical first island of the Japanese archipelago in Shinto cosmology, formed by the deities Izanagi and Izanami as the birthplace of the land.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coral atoll
ⓘ
remote island ⓘ |
| adminDistrict | Ogasawara Village NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Tokyo Metropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Douglas Reef
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Parece Vela NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| area | less than 0.01 square kilometers of land ⓘ |
| climate | tropical ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| disputedBy |
China
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Korea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| disputeTopic | status as island versus rock under UNCLOS ⓘ |
| distanceFromTokyo | over 1700 kilometers ⓘ |
| easternmostPointOf | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| EEZClaimArea | approximately 400000 square kilometers ⓘ |
| elevationAboveSeaLevel | less than 2 meters ⓘ |
| governedUnder | United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
helicopter pad
ⓘ
lighthouse ⓘ observation facilities ⓘ |
| hasMarineEnvironment | coral reef ecosystem ⓘ |
| hasNavigationAid | lighthouse ⓘ |
| hasReinforcement |
concrete embankments
GENERATED
ⓘ
wave breakers GENERATED ⓘ |
| hasRole | basis for Japan exclusive economic zone claim ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Japan Coast Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedEastOf | Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Ogasawara Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Philippine Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInOcean | Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Northwestern Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNortheastOf | Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedSouthOf | Tokyo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | remote bird island ⓘ |
| partOf | Japanese outlying islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protectionStatus | subject to Japanese conservation and protection works ⓘ |
| southernmostPointOf | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sovereignState | Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
fisheries rights
ⓘ
maritime boundary delimitation ⓘ potential seabed resources ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
coastal erosion
ⓘ
sea level rise ⓘ |
| typeOfReef | atoll ⓘ |
| uninhabited | true ⓘ |
| usedFor | oceanographic research ⓘ |
| visitedBy | Japanese research vessels ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Okinotorishima Description of subject: Okinotorishima is Japan’s southernmost and easternmost remote coral atoll, known for its role in extending Japan’s claimed exclusive economic zone in the Philippine Sea.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.