Volcano Islands

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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.

Aliases (2)

Volcano Islands arc ×1
Volcano Islands, Japan ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese island group → archipelago →
adminDistrict	Ogasawara Subprefecture → Ogasawara Village →
administeredBy	Tokyo Metropolis →
archipelagoType	oceanic islands →
contains	Iwo Jima → Iōtō → Kita Iwo Jima → Kita Iōtō → Minami Iwo Jima → Minami Iōtō → 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 (Ogasawara) →
hasClimate	tropical climate →
hasFeature	black sand beaches → steep volcanic terrain →
hasVegetation	subtropical forest →
highestPointLocatedOn	Iwo Jima →
jurisdiction	Japan →
knownFor	Iwo Jima World War II battle →
language	Japanese →
locatedIn	Philippine Sea → western Pacific Ocean →
locatedNorthOf	Mariana Islands →
locatedOn	Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc →
locatedSouthOf	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 military operations →
tectonicSetting	subduction zone →
timeZone	Japan Standard Time →
usedAs	Japanese military base (historical) → United States military base (historical) →
volcanismType	stratovolcanoes →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Iwo Jima → Operation Detachment →	location
Iwo Jima → Mount Suribachi ("Volcano Islands, Japan") →	partOf
Izu–Bonin Arc →	hasPart
Mount Suribachi →	locatedIn
Mount Suribachi ("Volcano Islands arc") →	mountainRange