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List of the extreme points of Japan
Here is a list of extreme points in Japan.
Latitude and longitude
Main islands
This data concerns the four main islands of the Japanese archipelago: Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū.
- South : Cap Sata, Kagoshima (30° 59′ 39″ N, 130° 39′ 38″ E)
- West : Park Kōzakihana, Nagasaki (33° 13′ 04″ N, 129° 33′ 09″ E)
- East : Cap Nosappu, Hokkaidō (43° 23′ 06″ N, 145° 49′ 03″ E)
Totalité du territoire
- North : Benten-jima, off the coast of Hokkaidō (45° 31′ 38,41″ N, 141° 55′ 05,56″ E)1)
- South: Okinotorishima, Ogasawara archipelago, Tokyo (20° 25′ 31″ N, 136° 04′ 11″ E)
- West : Cape Irizaki, Yonaguni-jima, Yaeyama islands, Okinawa (24° 26′ 58″ N, 122° 56′ 01″ E)
- Est : Minami tori-shima or île Marcus islands, Ogasawara archipelago, Tokyo (24° 16′ 59″ N, 153° 59′ 11″ E)
Altitude
- Maximum : mount Fuji, 3 776 m
- Minimum : Hachirō lagoon, - 8 m
Depth
Japan Pit
Coordinates 40° 07′ 00″ N, 144° 19′ 00″ E
It is located in the Pacific Ocean east of Japan and its depth reaches 9,500 meters
Sources
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Japan disputes Russia's sovereignty over several Kuril Islands, east of Hokkaido. One of them, Irutup (Etorofu in Japanese), is located slightly further north than Hokkaido. (jusqu'à 45° 32' N).
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