Native name: 男女群島 Danjo-guntō | |
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 Danjo Islands (at the bottom, marked NANNYO-GUNTŌ) in the East China Sea, with the Gotō Islands to the Northeast (USAMS 1952) | |
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| Geography | |
| Coordinates | 32°01′26″N 128°23′07″E / 32.023913°N 128.385194°E |
| Adjacent to | East China Sea |
| Major islands | 5 (uninhabited)[1] |
| Area | 4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)[1] |
| Highest elevation | 281 m (922 ft)[2] |
| Administration | |
Japan | |
| Prefectures | Nagasaki Prefecture |
| Municipality | Gotō City |
The Danjo Islands (男女群島, Danjo-guntō, literally: "male and female archipelago") are a small uninhabited Japanese island group in the East China Sea situated approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) south-southwest of the Gotō Islands and administratively part of the city of Gotō, Nagasaki Prefecture.[1] The five main islands of O-shima (男島) Kuroki-jima (クロキ島), Yori-shima (寄島), Hanaguri-jima (ハナグリ島), and Me-shima (女島) together stretch some 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from north to south and cover an area of 4.7 square kilometres (1.8 sq mi).[1] The islands, their flora, and their fauna are protected as a Natural Monument,[3] Biotic Community Protection Forest,[2] Special Wildlife Protection Area, [4][5] and Important Bird Area.[6][7] Birds found on the islands include the Japanese murrelet, streaked shearwater, brown booby, Ryukyu robin, Japanese wood pigeon, and Pleske's grasshopper warbler.[6]
