Minami-Tori-shima

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Minami-Tori-shima is a remote Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean that marks Japan’s easternmost point and hosts a weather station and airstrip.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese island
coral atoll
remote island
administeredBy Ogasawara Subprefecture NERFINISHED
Ogasawara Village NERFINISHED
Tokyo Metropolis NERFINISHED
area approximately 1.2 square kilometers
belongsTo Japanese outlying islands NERFINISHED
Japan’s remote islands
climate tropical
country Japan
discoveredBy European sailors in the 19th century
distanceFromTokyo over 1,800 kilometers southeast of Tokyo
ecosystem coral reef ecosystem
elevation approximately 9 meters above sea level
exclusiveEconomicZoneBasis Japanese EEZ in the western Pacific
geologicalType coral reef
habitation staffed by rotating personnel
hasAlternativeName Marcus Island NERFINISHED
hasCode ICAO airport code RJAM
hasCommunicationFacility radio and meteorological communications equipment
hasFacility airstrip
weather station
hasFunction oceanic weather monitoring point
typhoon observation point
hasInfrastructure port facilities for small vessels
hasJapaneseName 南鳥島 NERFINISHED
hasRole easternmost point of Japan
hasRunway approximately 1,500 meters long
importanceForNavigation reference point in the northwest Pacific
legalStatus Japanese territory
locatedIn Philippine Sea NERFINISHED
northwestern Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
nearbyMajorLandmass far from any continental coast
partOf Ogasawara Islands NERFINISHED
populationType non-permanent
primaryUse meteorological observation
military support
region western Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
shape triangular
sovereignty Japan NERFINISHED
strategicImportance extension of Japan’s EEZ
surroundedBy coral reefs
terrain low-lying and flat
timeZone Japan Standard Time
uninhabitedStatus no permanent civilian population
usedBy Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force NERFINISHED
Japan Meteorological Agency NERFINISHED

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Minamitorishima alsoKnownAs Minami-Tori-shima
Nanpō Islands hasPart Minami-Tori-shima