List Of Islands In The Ryukyu Archipelago

The Ryukyu Archipelago (Japanese: 琉球列島, Ryūkyū-rettō) are a collection of 100+ islands located between Kyushu and Taiwan.^[1]^[2] They are politically split between the Japanese prefectures of Okinawa and Kagoshima.

Kagoshima Prefecture

Main page: Satsunan IslandsThe northernmost parts of the Ryukyu Islands are within Kagoshima Prefecture. These islands are referred to as the Satsunan Islands (薩南諸島, Satsunan-shotō), meaning “south of Satsuma”, as they were the southernmost territories of the Satsuma Domain.

Ōsumi Islands

Yakushima
Tanegashima
Kuchinoerabu-jima
Mageshima
Kuroshima (Kagoshima)
Iōjima (Kagoshima)
Takeshima (Kagoshima)
Shōwa Iōjima
Denshima

Tokara Islands

Hirase
Kuchinoshima
Nakanoshima (Kagoshima)
Gajajima
Kogajajima
Tairajima
Suwanosejima
Akusekijima
Kojima
Kodakarajima
Takarajima
Kaminonejima
Yokoate-jima

Amami Islands

Amami Ōshima
Kikaijima
Kakeromajima
Yoroshima
Uke Island
Tokunoshima
Okinoerabujima
Yoronjima
Edateku Island
Sukomobanare Island
Yubanare Island
Kiyama Island

Okinawa Prefecture

Islands south of the Satsunan Islands are administered by Okinawa Prefecture. Its predecessor is the Ryukyu Kingdom, which was an independent nation until 1879.^[3]

Japan has de facto control over the disputed Senkaku Islands, claiming them as a part of Ishigaki City in Okinawa Prefecture.^[4] However, they are not geographically within the Ryukyu Archipelago, being located further westward in the East China Sea.

Okinawa Islands

Okinawa Island
Iheya Island
Izena Island
Iejima
Sesoko Island
Yokatsu Islands
- Ikei Island
- Hamahiga Island
- Henza Island
- Minamiukibara Island
- Miyagi Island
- Tsuken Island
- Ukibara Island
- Yabuchi Island
Kume Island
Kerama Islands
- Tokashiki Island
- Zamami Island
- Aka Island
- Geruma Island
Aguni Islands
- Aguni Island
- Tonaki Island
- Irisuna-jima

Miyako Islands

Miyako-jima
Ikema Island
Irabu Island
Kurima-jima
Ogami Island
Shimoji-shima
Minna Island (Tarama, Okinawa)
Tarama Island

Yaeyama Islands

Ishigaki Island
Aragusuku Island
Hateruma
Iriomote Island
Kayama Island
Kohama Island
Kuroshima (Okinawa)
Sotobanari
Taketomi Island
Yubu Island
Hatoma
Yonaguni

Daitō Islands

Minamidaitōjima
Kitadaitōjima
Okidaitōjima

References

↑ "Eastern Asia: Nansei (Ryukyu) Islands south of Japanese mainland | Ecoregions | WWF" (in en). https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/im0170.
↑ "Ryukyu Islands | archipelago, Japan" (in en). https://www.britannica.com/place/Ryukyu-Islands.
↑ editor. "The Ryukyu Annexation in Modern East Asian History | Seoul National University Asia Center" (in en-US). http://snuac.snu.ac.kr/eng/index.php/2019/11/14/the-ryukyu-annexation-in-modern-east-asian-history/.
↑ "Senkaku Islands Information" (in en). https://www.mofa.go.jp/a_o/c_m1/senkaku/page1we_000009.html.

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[1] "Eastern Asia: Nansei (Ryukyu) Islands south of Japanese mainland | Ecoregions | WWF" (in en). https://www.worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/im0170.

[2] "Ryukyu Islands | archipelago, Japan" (in en). https://www.britannica.com/place/Ryukyu-Islands.

[3] tor. "The Ryukyu Annexation in Modern East Asian History | Seoul National University Asia Center" (in en-US). http://snuac.snu.ac.kr/eng/index.php/2019/11/14/the-ryukyu-annexation-in-modern-east-asian-history/.

[4] "Senkaku Islands Information" (in en). https://www.mofa.go.jp/a_o/c_m1/senkaku/page1we_000009.html.