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.

## Contents

* 1 Kagoshima Prefecture
* 1.1 Ōsumi Islands
* 1.2 Tokara Islands
* 1.3 Amami Islands
* 2 Okinawa Prefecture
* 2.1 Okinawa Islands
* 2.2 Miyako Islands
* 2.3 Yaeyama Islands
* 2.4 Daitō Islands
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## 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

## See also

* Ryukyu Islands

## References

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

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