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4,470,000 km 2 (1,730,000 sq mi) Japan is an archipelagic country comprising a stratovolcanic archipelago over 3,000 km (1,900 mi) along the Pacific coast of East Asia. [ 8] It consists of 14,125 islands. [ 9][ 10] The four main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The other 14,120 islands are classified as "remote islands" by the ...
Mount Fuji is one of Japan's "Three Holy Mountains" (三霊山, Sanreizan) along with Mount Tate and Mount Haku. It is a Special Place of Scenic Beauty and one of Japan's Historic Sites. [ 7] It was added to the World Heritage List as a Cultural Site on June 22, 2013. [ 7]
The Ryukyu Islands [note 1] (琉球列島, Ryūkyū-rettō), also known as the Nansei Islands (南西諸島, Nansei-shotō, lit."Southwest Islands") or the Ryukyu Arc (琉球弧, Ryūkyū-ko), are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with ...
Name used in the default map caption; image = Map Tokyo special wards.jpg The default map image, without "Image:" or "File:" top = 35.821 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 35.513 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 139.555 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = 139.923
Image:BlankMap-World.png– World map, Robinson projectioncentered on the meridian circa 11°15' to east from the Greenwich Prime Meridian. Microstatesand island nationsare generally represented by single or few pixels approximate to the capital; all territories indicated in the UN listing of territories and regionsare exhibited.
Japan is generally a rainy country with high humidity. [1] Because of its wide range of latitude, [1] seasonal winds and different types of ocean currents, [citation needed] Japan has a variety of climates, with a latitude range of the inhabited islands from 24°N – 46°N, which is comparable to the range between Nova Scotia and The Bahamas in the east coast of North America. [1]
Module:Location map/data/Japan complete is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Japan. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
An alternative map image, usually a relief map, which can be displayed via the relief or AlternativeMap parameters; top = 35.92 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 35.48 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = 138.92 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees; right = 139.93 Longitude at right ...