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.

Aliases (1)

Iwo To ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former municipality → island → volcanic island →
adminDistrict	Ogasawara Subprefecture →
administeredBy	Tokyo Metropolis →
alsoKnownAs	Iwo To → Iōjima →
area	about 21 square kilometers →
battleBelligerent	Empire of Japan → 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	Empire of Japan →
elevation	about 169 meters →
formerName	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	United States Marine Corps War Memorial → film "Flags of Our Fathers" → 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–Mariana Arc →
width	about 4 kilometers →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Izu–Bonin Arc → Ogasawara Islands →	hasPart
Battle of Iwo Jima → Operation Detachment →	location
Iwo Jima ("Iwo To") →	alsoKnownAs
Seventh Air Force →	areaOfOperations
Volcano Islands →	contains
Tadamichi Kuribayashi →	deathPlace
Volcano Islands →	hasActiveVolcano
Volcano Islands →	highestPointLocatedOn
Mount Suribachi →	locatedOnIsland
1945 Pulitzer Prize for Photography →	locationDepicted
USS Nevada →	participatedInBattle
Mount Suribachi →	partOf
Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima →	placeOfCreation
Joe Rosenthal →	workLocation