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    Kitadaitōjima (北大東島), also spelled as Kita Daitō, Kita-Daitō-shima, and Kitadaitō, is the northernmost island in the Daitō Islands group, located in the...
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    Kitadaitō (北大東村, Kitadaitō-son) is a village consisting of the islands of Kitadaitōjima and Okidaitōjima of Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. As...
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    northern route back to Mexico from the Philippines. Minamidaitōjima and Kitadaitōjima were recorded a few days later. They were visited later by European...
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    charted, together with Kitadaitōjima, as "The Two Sisters" (Las Dos Hermanas). There is little doubt that Minamidaitōjima and Kitadaitōjima were again sighted...
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    (ʔiyukubajima) Daitō Islands (ʔuhuʔagarijima) Minamidaitōjima (fēʔuhuʔagarijima) Kitadaitōjima (nishiʔuhuʔagarijima) Okidaitōjima (ʔuciʔuhuʔagarijima) Approximately...
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  • Island part of Japan. Andorra la Vella 12 Smallest parish of Andorra. Kitadaitōjima 11.94 Island part of the Daitō Islands, part of Japan. Palmyra Atoll...
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    Kerama Islands Tokashikijima Zamamijima Akajima Gerumajima Daitō Islands Kitadaitojima Minamidaitōjima Okidaitōjima Also known as the Further Isles: Miyako...
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    Kitadaitō Kūkō, (IATA: KTD, ICAO: RORK)) is located on the island of Kitadaitōjima in the village of Kitadaitō, Shimajiri District, Okinawa Prefecture...
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  • Kagawa Kasado-jima 12 256 800 Yamaguchi Tokashiki 15 227 750 Okinawa Kitadaitōjima 12 74 660 Okinawa Chiburijima 14 325 650 Shimane Heigun 17 468 591 Yamaguchi...
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    Scientific name Range Comments Daito varied tit Sittiparus varius orii Kitadaitōjima and Minamidaitōjima, Daito Islands Last recorded in 1938. It quickly...
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  • Introduction of the rainbow trout. Daito varied tit Sittiparus varius orii Kitadaitōjima, Okinawa, Japan 1984-1986 Habitat destruction for agriculture and military...
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    32139; 129.92806 (Kikai Airport) Kitadaito Airport Kitadaitō Okinawa Kitadaitōjima RORK KTD Third-class Airport has scheduled airline services 25°56′41″N...
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    started the cultivation of sugar cane from 1903. Until World War II, Kitadaitōjima was owned in its entirety by Dai Nippon Sugar (now Dai Nippon Meiji...
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  • Sotobanari Taketomi Island Yubu Island Hatoma Yonaguni Minamidaitōjima Kitadaitōjima Okidaitōjima Ryukyu Islands "Eastern Asia: Nansei (Ryukyu) Islands south...
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    S. v. orii Kuroda, 1923 Daito varied tit - formerly Daitō Islands (Kitadaitōjima and Minami Daitōjima), extinct c. 1940 The varied tit is 12–14 cm (4...
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    Ro-46 17 April 1945 A Kaichu 7-type submarine missing northeast of Kitadaitōjima in the Ryukyu Islands. Ro-47 26 September 1944 A Kaichu 7-type submarine...
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    SS Pioneer Muse and SS Sheik stranded on Kitadaitōjima...
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    largest island of the archipelago, and 160 kilometres (86 nmi) south of Kitadaitōjima. Naha, Okinawa, is 408 kilometres (220 nmi) to the northwest. As with...
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    freighter Minami Maru (2398 tons – formally the Norwegian Solviken). at Kitadaitōjima. Flying Fish closed out her patrol and arrived at Majuro 11 April 1944...
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  • Island part of Japan. Andorra la Vella 12 Smallest parish of Andorra. Kitadaitōjima 11.94 Island part of the Daitō Islands, part of Japan. Palmyra Atoll...
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  • Island part of Japan. Andorra la Vella 12 Smallest parish of Andorra. Kitadaitōjima 11.94 Island part of the Daitō Islands, part of Japan. Palmyra Atoll...
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  • (Nakagusuku Hanta Road) [39] Kitadaitōjima Phosphorus Mining Site 北大東島燐鉱山遺跡 Kitadaitō-jima rinkōzan iseki Kitadaitōjima Island Kitadaitō 25°57′14″N 131°17′06″E...
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    crop damage, and the Lebanese merchant ship Sheik ran aground off of Kitadaitōjima, killing 2. The Taiwanese military exercise Sky Soldier was canceled...
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    observatory cautioned of high waves around the island. The outer road at Kitadaitōjima was closed on June 9, with all fishing vessels being brought to port...
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    area in the Philippine Sea off Kitadaitōjima at the northern end of the Daitō Islands southeast of Okinawa. Off Kitadaitōjima on 28 April, she detected the...
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    Japanese history. Strong winds caused by Chaba damaged sugar cane crops in Kitadaitōjima beginning on August 26, resulting in JP¥39.2 million (US$360,000) in...
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    within 30 miles of Shanghai, the coastline of Amami Ōshima, Okinawa and Kitadaitōjima. 14 March 1945: Lieutenant Paul Stevens, squadron executive officer...
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    The warning was canceled the next day, after Ampil passed the island. Kitadaitōjima recorded wind gusts of 113 km/h (70 mph). A total of 29 people were...
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    Islands, starting on July 18. Rains began to pound Minamidaitō and Kitadaitōjima on July 19 while gusts of 25 m/s (90 km/h) were also reported. On July...
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    landslides were reported on the island. Power outages took place on Kitadaitōjima and Minamidaitō. A landslide in Kunigami forced the closure of National...
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