Iriomote Island

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Iriomote Island is a remote, subtropical Japanese island in Okinawa Prefecture known for its dense jungles, mangrove forests, and the endangered Iriomote wildcat.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Iriomote Island canonical 14
Iriomote tit 1
Iriomote yamaneko 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island ⓘ
populated place ⓘ
administeredBy Taketomi town ⓘ
linked to: Taketomi Town
area 289.27 square kilometres ⓘ
belongsToPrefecture Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
hasEcosystem coral reefs ⓘ
mangrove estuaries ⓘ
hasEndemicSpecies Iriomote cat ⓘ
Iriomote mole ⓘ
Iriomote tit ⓘ
linked to: Iriomote Island
hasLanguage Japanese ⓘ
hasLocalLanguage Yaeyama language ⓘ
hasNo airport ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park ⓘ
hasRiver Nakama River ⓘ
Urauchi River ⓘ
highestElevation 469 metres ⓘ
highestPoint Komidake ⓘ
knownFor Iriomote wildcat ⓘ
linked to: Iriomote cat

dense jungles ⓘ
diving and snorkeling ⓘ
ecotourism ⓘ
kayaking ⓘ
mangrove forests ⓘ
river trekking ⓘ
waterfalls ⓘ
largestIslandIn Yaeyama Islands ⓘ
locatedIn East China Sea ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
Yaeyama Islands ⓘ
mainSettlement Ohara ⓘ
Uehara ⓘ
ocean Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Taketomi, Okinawa ⓘ
percentageCoveredByJungle over 90 percent ⓘ
population approximately 2,400 ⓘ
populationAsOf around 2020 ⓘ
rankingByAreaInOkinawaPrefecture second largest island ⓘ
timeZone Japan Standard Time ⓘ
tourismType adventure tourism ⓘ
nature-based tourism ⓘ
transportAccess ferry from Ishigaki Island ⓘ
UNESCOInscriptionYear 2021 ⓘ
UNESCOStatus part of World Natural Heritage site "Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island" ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yaeyama language → geographicDistribution → Iriomote Island ⓘ
Yubu Island → accessFrom → Iriomote Island ⓘ
Yubu Island → separatedFrom → Iriomote Island ⓘ
Hatoma Island → nearestIsland → Iriomote Island ⓘ
Yaeyama Ryukyuan → spokenIn → Iriomote Island ⓘ
Iriomote Island → hasEndemicSpecies → Iriomote tit ⓘ
linked to: Iriomote Island
Sekisei Lagoon → locatedNear → Iriomote Island ⓘ
Port of Ishigaki → connectsTo → Iriomote Island ⓘ
Iriomote cat → commonName → Iriomote yamaneko ⓘ
linked to: Iriomote Island
Iriomote cat → nativeTo → Iriomote Island ⓘ
Iriomote cat → endemicTo → Iriomote Island ⓘ
Iriomote cat → namedAfter → Iriomote Island ⓘ
Taketomi → hasIsland → Iriomote Island ⓘ
Taketomi, Okinawa → includes → Iriomote Island ⓘ