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74: 64: 20: 133: 81: 97: 115: 173:. It is still active, although none of the recent outbreaks had explosive character. The highest point of the island is at 212 m, which belongs to Iōdake-kazan; the highest of the Gusuku kazan is the Maedake (前嶽) at 189.3 m. 196:, but were permanently relocated by June 1958; the final settlement had 86 inhabitants. Since then, the island has been uninhabited. In July 1968 there was another eruption. 165:. The southern Gusuku kazan (グスク火山, "Castle Volcano") is a lava dome located in the center of the two summits. The northern Iōdake-kazan (硫黄岳火山, "Sulfur Peak Volcano") is a 408: 430: 276: 469: 73: 192:. In a series of eruptions and earthquakes from March to August 1903, all residents were temporarily moved 220 km to 199:
Administratively, the island belonged to Gushikawa on Kume-jima, but merged in 2002 with Nakazato to the city
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Island. On exceptionally clear days, Iōtorishima can be seen from the west coast of Tokunoshima.
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The 2.50 km large island consists of two interconnected volcanoes made from
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The first recorded eruption was in 1664, when a woman died from a
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Sulfur was mined by the inhabitants for centuries within the
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Information (NCEI), National Centers for Environmental.
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Ryukyu Shimpo - Okinawa, Japanese newspaper, local news
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Ryukyu Shimpo - Okinawa, Japanese newspaper, local news
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volcanic
Ryūkyū Island chain
Okinawa Prefecture

Iōtorishima is located in Ryukyu Islands
Tokunoshima
Kumejima
Naha-shi
Tokunoshima
andesite
stratovolcano
sulfur
Kingdom of Ryukyu
landslide
Kume Island
Kumejima
List of islands in Japan
List of volcanoes in Japan
Commons: Io-Torishima


"Creating a cadastral map of Iwo-Tori-shima"
"島しょ別面積/沖縄県"
the original
"Io-Torishima"
Global Volcanism Program
Smithsonian Institution
"硫黄鳥島|海域火山データベース|海上保安庁 海洋情報部"
"地理院地図"

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