Okinoerabu Island

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
administeredBy Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED
agriculturalProduct floriculture products
lilies
potatoes
sugarcane
archipelago Amami archipelago NERFINISHED
area 93 square kilometres
belongsTo Amami Gunto National Park (partly) NERFINISHED
climate subtropical climate
connectedByFerryTo Kagoshima NERFINISHED
Okinawa Island NERFINISHED
country Japan
elevation 246 metres
geology raised coral limestone
hasAirport Okinoerabu Airport NERFINISHED
hasCave Ginsuido Cave NERFINISHED
Shoryudo Cave NERFINISHED
hasCoralReefs yes
hasKarstTopography yes
hasMainSettlement China Kagoshima
Wadomari NERFINISHED
hasMunicipality China Kagoshima NERFINISHED
Wadomari NERFINISHED
hasPort China Port
Wadomari Port NERFINISHED
hasSubtropicalVegetation yes
highestPoint Oyama NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Satsunan Islands NERFINISHED
knownFor agriculture
lily cultivation
limestone caves
sugarcane cultivation
language Japanese
length 20 kilometres
localLanguage Okinoerabu dialect NERFINISHED
locatedIn Amami Islands NERFINISHED
Kagoshima Prefecture NERFINISHED
Ryukyu Islands NERFINISHED
locatedInBodyOfWater East China Sea NERFINISHED
population approximately 13,000
primaryEconomicActivity agriculture
region Kyushu NERFINISHED
returnedTo Japan in 1953
servedBy Okinoerabu Airport NERFINISHED
timeZone Japan Standard Time
wasOccupiedBy United States (post–World War II) NERFINISHED
width 5 kilometres

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Kagoshima Airport connectsToIsland Okinoerabu Island