Kuta Jima
久多島
An uninhabited limestone island in Kagoshima known for its steep sea cliffs and history of phosphate mining and regional intrigue.
What it is
- An uninhabited island located twelve kilometers west of Fukiagehama beach in Hioki City.
- A small landmass composed entirely of Triassic limestone with a circumference of seven hundred meters.
- The site of a former phosphate mining operation that extracted over seventeen hundred tons of minerals.
- A location associated with the alleged activities of North Korean agents during 1978.
What to see
- Steep sea cliffs that surround the entire perimeter of the island.
- A rocky landscape reaching an elevation of nearly twenty-nine meters above sea level.
- Kutajima Shrine located on the mainland which was built specifically to worship the island.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
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