Volcano Islands

E12466

Japanese island group archipelago

The Volcano Islands are a small Japanese archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, best known for including Iwo Jima, the site of a major World War II battle.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Volcano Islands canonical	21
Volcano Islands arc	1
Volcano Islands, Japan	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese island group ⓘ archipelago ⓘ
adminDistrict	Ogasawara Subprefecture ⓘ Ogasawara Village ⓘ
administeredBy	Tokyo Prefecture ⓘ surface form: Tokyo Metropolis
archipelagoType	oceanic islands ⓘ
contains	Iwo Jima ⓘ Iōtō ⓘ Kita Iwo Jima ⓘ Kita Iōtō ⓘ Minami Iwo Jima ⓘ Iōtō ⓘ surface form: Minami Iōtō Nishinoshima ⓘ surface form: Nishinoshima (Ogasawara)
country	Japan ⓘ
currentOfficialNameOfIsland	Iōtō ⓘ
demographics	very small permanent population ⓘ
distanceFromTokyo	approximately 1200 km south ⓘ
formerNameOfIsland	Iōjima ⓘ
geologicalType	volcanic island arc ⓘ
hasActiveVolcano	Iwo Jima ⓘ Nishinoshima ⓘ surface form: Nishinoshima (Ogasawara)
hasClimate	tropical climate ⓘ
hasFeature	black sand beaches ⓘ steep volcanic terrain ⓘ
hasVegetation	subtropical forest ⓘ
highestPointLocatedOn	Iwo Jima ⓘ
jurisdiction	Japan ⓘ
knownFor	Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ surface form: Iwo Jima World War II battle
language	Japanese ⓘ
locatedIn	Philippine Sea ⓘ western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
locatedNorthOf	Mariana Islands ⓘ
locatedOn	Izu–Bonin Arc ⓘ surface form: Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc
locatedSouthOf	Ogasawara Islands ⓘ surface form: Bonin Islands Tokyo ⓘ main islands of Japan ⓘ
militaryHistory	Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
ocean	Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Nanpō Islands ⓘ Ogasawara Islands ⓘ
region	East Asia ⓘ
sea	Philippine Sea ⓘ
sovereignState	Japan ⓘ
strategicImportance	World War II battles ⓘ surface form: World War II military operations
tectonicSetting	subduction zone ⓘ
timeZone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
usedAs	Japanese military base (historical) ⓘ United States military base (historical) ⓘ
volcanismType	stratovolcanoes ⓘ

Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Iwo Jima → location → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Mount Suribachi → locatedIn → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Mount Suribachi → mountainRange → Volcano Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volcano Islands arc

Mount Suribachi → partOf → Volcano Islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: Volcano Islands, Japan

Iwo Jima → partOf → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Operation Detachment → location → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Izu–Bonin Arc → hasPart → Volcano Islands ⓘ

United States flag raising → location → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Kita Iwo Jima → locatedIn → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Kita Iwo Jima → archipelago → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Minami Iwo Jima → islandGroup → Volcano Islands ⓘ

village of Ogasawara, Tokyo → includesIslandGroup → Volcano Islands ⓘ

subject surface form: Ogasawara, Tokyo

Iōjima → locatedIn → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Ogasawara Village → includesIslandGroup → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Nishinoshima → locatedIn → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Nishinoshima → islandGroup → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Kita Iōtō → partOf → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Sulfur Island → locatedIn → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Ogasawara Subprefecture → administers → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Ogasawara Subprefecture → includesIslandGroup → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Iōtō → partOf → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Nanpō Islands → hasPart → Volcano Islands ⓘ

Nanpō Islands → hasSubregion → Volcano Islands ⓘ