The Ōsumi Islands (大隅諸島, Ōsumi-shotō) is an archipelago in the Ryukyu Archipelago, and are the northernmost group of the Ryukyu Islands, The chain extends...

and Miyako Islands). The islands beyond the Tokara Strait are characterized by their coral reefs.[citation needed] The Ōsumi and Tokara Islands, the northernmost...

Ōsumi can stand for: Ōsumi Province, a former province of Japan Ōsumi Peninsula Ōsumi Islands, an archipelago at the northern end of the Ryukyu Islands...

eastern half of modern Kagoshima Prefecture, and including the Ōsumi Islands . Ōsumi bordered on Hyūga to the northeast, and Satsuma Province to the...

islands had been updated to 14,125 through a recount using digital maps. Since there is no international standard for counting islands, only islands with...

their well deck makes the Ōsumi class more like a dock landing ship (LSD).[citation needed] As of 2014 there are three Ōsumi vessels active with the Japanese...

one of the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 444.99 km2 in area, is the second largest of the Ōsumi Islands, and has a...

the Ōsumi Islands formed Tane Province for a brief period in the 8th and 9th centuries and then were merged into Ōsumi Province. The Tokara Islands and...

the Ōsumi Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 504.88 km2 (194.94 sq mi) in area, has a population of 13,178. Access to the island is by...

Hsichu (Xijyu, Xiquan) Yongliou Ryukyu Islands (4,597.68 km²—Daitō Islands excluded) Satsunan Islands Ōsumi Islands: Tanegashima, Yaku, Kuchinoerabu, Mageshima...

Uke Island Tokunoshima Okinoerabujima Yoronjima Edateku Island Sukomobanare Island Yubanare Island Kiyama Island Islands south of the Satsunan Islands are...

country) List of islands by area List of islands by population List of islands by highest point Majuli, River Island. "Largest river island". Guinness World...

11 sq mi). The islands of Miura Village are the northernmost of the Ryukyu archipelago, and although now grouped together with the Ōsumi Islands, are physically...

located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The district covers two islands from the Ōsumi Islands, Tanegashima and Yakushima. The district has an estimated population...

of 14,125 islands. The four main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. The other 14,120 islands are classified as "remote islands" by the Japanese...

features a list of islands sorted by their name beginning with the letter T. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of islands (by country)...

(Makurazaki) Western Ōsumi Islands (Kuroshima, Takeshima, Iōjima) Ōsumi (Eastern Kagoshima) Morokata (South-Western Miyazaki) Koshikijima Islands North (Kami-Koshikijima)...

pamphlets available. Tanegashima is the easternmost of the Ōsumi Islands, just south of the major island of Kyushu. Yoshinobu LP-1 The launch of H-IIA Flight...

of islands; the Senkaku Islands, the Sakishima Islands, the Daitō Islands, the Okinawa Islands, the Oshima Islands, the Tokara Islands and the Ōsumi Islands...

languages of the Ryukyu Islands, it is known as sannin (サンニン) on Okinawa, shanin (シャニン) on Tanegashima in the Ōsumi Islands, sa'nen (サネン) on Amami Ōshima...

mostly submerged caldera up to 19 kilometres (12 mi) in diameter in the Ōsumi Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The Kikai Caldera Complex has twin ovoid...

with different islands having their own distinct subculture and practices. Furthermore, the inhabitants of the Tokara and Ōsumi Islands are of Yamato Japanese...

features a list of islands sorted by their name beginning with the letter K. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z List of islands (by country)...

(竹島), is one of the Ryukyu Islands, usually classed with the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 4.2 km2 in area, has a population...

eight square kilometre Japanese island forming part of the Satsunan Islands, which are usually classed with the Ōsumi Islands. It belongs to Kagoshima Prefecture...

is one of the Satsunan Islands, usually classed with the Ōsumi Islands belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. The island, 38.04 km2 (14.69 sq mi)...

or Tokara Iōjima (吐噶喇硫黄島), is one of the Satsunan Islands, usually classed with the Ōsumi Islands, belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Along with...

to the east, and by the Ōsumi Strait separating Tanegashima from the Kyushu mainland. The city also includes the offshore island of Mageshima within its...

semitorques Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 – Kuril Islands and Hokkaido south to Yakushima (Ōsumi Islands, south Japan) O. s. pryeri (Gurney, JH Sr, 1889)...

JS Ōsumi (LST-4001) is the lead ship of the Ōsumi-class tank landing ships of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Ōsumi was laid down on 6...