Minamitorishima
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Minamitorishima, sometimes known as Minami-Tori-shima or Minami-Torishima and also known as Marcus Island, is an isolated Japanese coral atoll in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It is the easternmost
An aerial photo of Minamitorishima in 1987
Minamitorishima under attack on 31 August 1943
Minamitorishima in 1975
Ogasawara Subprefecture
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Ogasawara Subprefecture is a subprefecture of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in Japan. The subprefecture covers the Bonin and Volcano Islands and three isolated islets and is coterminous with the v
Minamitorishima
…428,875 km2 (125,040 sq nmi) exclusive economic zone in the surrounding waters. It is the easternmost territory of Tokyo, being administratively part of Ogasawara Subprefecture. No civilians live there, except personnel of the Japan Meteorological Agency, Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF), and Japan Coast Guard serving temporary…
The harbor at Chichijima
Oki or Okimura on Hahajima
Iwo Jima, now an SDF airbase