Iō-tō

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Iō-tō is a volcanic island in Japan’s Ogasawara archipelago, historically known as Iwo Jima and famous as the site of a major World War II battle.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Iō-tō canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf volcanic island ⓘ
administeredBy Tokyo Metropolitan Government ⓘ
area about 21 km² ⓘ
battleEndDate 1945-03-26 ⓘ
battleOccurredOn Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
battleStartDate 1945-02-19 ⓘ
capturedBy United States forces in 1945 ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
elevation 169 m ⓘ
formerName Iwo Jima ⓘ
Iōjima ⓘ
geologicalType active volcano ⓘ
stratovolcano ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude 24.79 N ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 141.32 E ⓘ
hasFeature Mount Suribachi ⓘ
airfield ⓘ
black sand beaches ⓘ
sulfur deposits ⓘ
hasMemorial Iwo Jima Memorials and cemeteries ⓘ
hasNearbyIsland Kita Iō-tō ⓘ
linked to: Kita Iōtō

Minami Iō-tō ⓘ
hasRunway about 2,650 m ⓘ
highestPoint Mount Suribachi ⓘ
highestPointElevation 169 m ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Iwo Jima ⓘ
World War II Pacific campaign ⓘ
linked to: Pacific War
length about 8 km ⓘ
locatedIn Ogasawara Subprefecture ⓘ
Ogasawara archipelago ⓘ
linked to: Ogasawara Islands

Philippine Sea ⓘ
Tokyo Metropolis ⓘ
linked to: Tokyo Prefecture
nameChangeFrom Iwo Jima ⓘ
nameChangeReason restoration of traditional Japanese reading ⓘ
nameOfficiallyChanged 2007 ⓘ
nativeName 硫黄島 ⓘ
linked to: Sulfur Island
nativeNameLanguage ja ⓘ
partOf Volcano Islands ⓘ
population no permanent civilian population ⓘ
returnedTo Japanese sovereignty in 1968 ⓘ
strategicImportance airbase between Mariana Islands and Japan ⓘ
timeZone Japan Standard Time ⓘ
usedBy Japan Self-Defense Forces ⓘ
United States military ⓘ
utcOffset +9 ⓘ
volcanicArcOrBelt Izu–Bonin–Mariana Arc ⓘ
linked to: Izu–Bonin Arc
width about 4 km ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Iōjima → alsoKnownAs → Iō-tō ⓘ
Sulfur Island → EnglishNameOf → Iō-tō ⓘ