Okinotorishima

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Okinotorishima is Japan’s southernmost and easternmost remote coral atoll, known for its role in extending Japan’s claimed exclusive economic zone in the Philippine Sea.

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Okinotorishima canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coral atoll
remote island
adminDistrict Ogasawara Village
administeredBy Tokyo Metropolis
alsoKnownAs Douglas Reef
Parece Vela
area less than 0.01 square kilometers of land
climate tropical
country Japan
disputedBy China
South Korea
disputeTopic status as island versus rock under UNCLOS
distanceFromTokyo over 1700 kilometers
easternmostPointOf Japan
EEZClaimArea approximately 400000 square kilometers
elevationAboveSeaLevel less than 2 meters
governedUnder United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
hasInfrastructure helicopter pad
lighthouse
observation facilities
hasMarineEnvironment coral reef ecosystem
hasNavigationAid lighthouse
hasReinforcement concrete embankments
wave breakers
hasRole basis for Japan exclusive economic zone claim
jurisdiction Japan Coast Guard
locatedEastOf Taiwan
locatedIn Ogasawara Islands
locatedInBodyOfWater Philippine Sea
locatedInOcean Pacific Ocean
locatedInRegion Northwestern Pacific Ocean
locatedNortheastOf Philippines
locatedSouthOf Tokyo
nameMeaning remote bird island
partOf Japanese outlying islands
protectionStatus subject to Japanese conservation and protection works
southernmostPointOf Japan
sovereignState Japan
strategicImportance fisheries rights
maritime boundary delimitation
potential seabed resources
threatenedBy coastal erosion
sea level rise
typeOfReef atoll
uninhabited true
usedFor oceanographic research
visitedBy Japanese research vessels

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Nanpō Islands hasPart Okinotorishima