Iwo Jima

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former municipality island volcanic island

Iwo Jima is a small volcanic island in the western Pacific Ocean, historically significant as the site of a major World War II battle between the United States and Japan.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Iwo Jima canonical	32
硫黄島	3
North Iwo Jima	2
Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands	1
Iwo To	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former municipality ⓘ island ⓘ volcanic island ⓘ
adminDistrict	Ogasawara Subprefecture ⓘ
administeredBy	Tokyo ⓘ surface form: Tokyo Metropolis
alsoKnownAs	Iwo Jima ⓘ surface form: Iwo To Iōjima ⓘ
area	about 21 square kilometers ⓘ
battleBelligerent	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
battleDate	February 19, 1945 – March 26, 1945 ⓘ
capturedBy	United States Marine Corps ⓘ
climate	subtropical ⓘ
controlledBy	Japan Air Self-Defense Force ⓘ Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
countryDuringWWII	Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
elevation	about 169 meters ⓘ
formerName	Hahajima ⓘ surface form: Iōtō
geologicalType	stratovolcano ⓘ
hasFacility	airfield ⓘ runway ⓘ
hasFeature	black volcanic sand beaches ⓘ steaming ground ⓘ sulfur vents ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Suribachi ⓘ
highestPointElevation	about 169 meters ⓘ
historicalEvent	Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
length	about 8 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Pacific Ocean ⓘ western Pacific Ocean ⓘ
memorializedIn	Marine Corps War Memorial ⓘ surface form: United States Marine Corps War Memorial film "Flags of Our Fathers" ⓘ film "Flags of Our Fathers" ⓘ surface form: film "Letters from Iwo Jima" film "Sands of Iwo Jima" ⓘ
nameMeaning	Sulfur Island ⓘ
notableFor	iconic flag-raising photograph on Mount Suribachi ⓘ
partOf	Ogasawara Islands ⓘ Volcano Islands ⓘ
population	uninhabited by civilians ⓘ
postwarStatus	returned to Japanese control in 1968 ⓘ
sovereignState	Japan ⓘ
strategicImportance	airfields for US bombing raids on Japan ⓘ emergency landing site for US bombers ⓘ
tectonicSetting	subduction zone ⓘ
usedAs	military base ⓘ
volcanicArc	Izu–Bonin Arc ⓘ surface form: Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc
width	about 4 kilometers ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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

Battle of Iwo Jima → location → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima → placeOfCreation → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Mount Suribachi → locatedOnIsland → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Mount Suribachi → partOf → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Iwo Jima → alsoKnownAs → Iwo Jima ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iwo To

Ogasawara Islands → hasPart → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Tadamichi Kuribayashi → deathPlace → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Operation Detachment → location → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Volcano Islands → contains → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Volcano Islands → highestPointLocatedOn → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Volcano Islands → hasActiveVolcano → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Joe Rosenthal → workLocation → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Seventh Air Force → areaOfOperations → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Izu–Bonin Arc → hasPart → Iwo Jima ⓘ

1945 Pulitzer Prize for Photography → locationDepicted → Iwo Jima ⓘ

BB-36 → participatedInBattle → Iwo Jima ⓘ

subject surface form: USS Nevada

26th Marine Regiment → notableLocation → Iwo Jima ⓘ

28th Marine Regiment → notableLocation → Iwo Jima ⓘ

摺鉢山 → 所在島 → Iwo Jima ⓘ

this entity surface form: 硫黄島

The Outsider (1961 film) → setIn → Iwo Jima ⓘ

film "Sands of Iwo Jima" → narrativeLocation → Iwo Jima ⓘ

subject surface form: Sands of Iwo Jima

栗林忠道 → 死亡地 → Iwo Jima ⓘ

this entity surface form: 硫黄島

栗林忠道 → 関連する島 → Iwo Jima ⓘ

this entity surface form: 硫黄島

Letters from Iwo Jima → setInLocation → Iwo Jima ⓘ

United States flag raising → location → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Kita Iwo Jima → alsoKnownAs → Iwo Jima ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Iwo Jima

Kita Iwo Jima → locatedNorthOf → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Minami Iwo Jima → locatedSouthOf → Iwo Jima ⓘ

village of Ogasawara, Tokyo → includesIsland → Iwo Jima ⓘ

subject surface form: Ogasawara, Tokyo

Iōjima → alsoKnownAs → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Ogasawara Village → includesIsland → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Kita Iōtō → formerName → Iwo Jima ⓘ

this entity surface form: North Iwo Jima

Sulfur Island → EnglishNameOf → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Ogasawara Subprefecture → administers → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Iōtō → historicalName → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Nanpō Islands → contains → Iwo Jima ⓘ

Red Blood, Black Sand → settingPlace → Iwo Jima ⓘ

John Basilone → placeOfDeath → Iwo Jima ⓘ

this entity surface form: Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands

Far East Command area during Korean War → appliesToJurisdiction → Iwo Jima ⓘ