Okinawa Historic site

Gushikawa Island

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具志川島

Gushikawa Island is an uninhabited island with shell mounds and a coral community.

Gushikawa Island — Geospatial Information Authority of Japan Attribution resized via Wikimedia Commons

What it is

An uninhabited island.
Became uninhabited in 1970.
Shell mounds discovered in the 1960s.

What to see

Pine forests cover the island.
A spring on the northeast coast.
Large coral community around the island.
Excavated human bones, pottery, and ornaments.

Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.

Where it is

Gushikawa Island Open in Google Maps

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