Oki Daitō Island
沖大東島
A remote raised coral reef in Okinawa with a history of phosphate mining, now used as a military firing range.
What it is
- A raised coral reef island in the Daitō archipelago of Okinawa Prefecture.
- A former phosphate mining site that operated between 1911 and 1944.
- An uninhabited territory currently serving as a military firing range.
- A landmass officially incorporated into Japan in the year 1900.
What to see
- A landscape significantly altered by the extraction of 1.6 million tons of phosphate ore.
- A small island with a circumference of 4.34 kilometers and a 31.1 meter peak.
- The site of former native fan palm forests destroyed by human activity.
Notes written by Japan Gems from facts in Japanese Wikipedia.
Where it is
Oki Daitō Island Open in Google Maps
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