Amami-Oshima Island

E445305

UNESCO World Heritage Site island subtropical island

Amami-Oshima Island is a subtropical Japanese island in Kagoshima Prefecture renowned for its rich biodiversity, endemic wildlife, and lush forests, which have earned it UNESCO World Heritage status.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Amami Ōshima Island	4
Amami Oshima	1
Amami-Oshima Island canonical	1
northern Amami Ōshima Island	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2355308 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Amami-Oshima Island
Context triple: [Kagoshima Prefecture, hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite, Amami-Oshima Island]

A. Shimoji-shima
Shimoji-shima is a small island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, known for its clear waters, coral reefs, and the Shimojishima Airport used for both tourism and pilot training.
B. Awaji Island
Awaji Island is a large island in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, known as the epicenter of the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake and for its scenic landscapes and cultural heritage.
C. Taketomi Island
Taketomi Island is a small, traditional Ryukyuan island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, known for its preserved village of red-tiled houses, white-sand streets, and water buffalo cart rides.
D. Kuroshima Island
Kuroshima Island is a small, sparsely populated coral island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, known for its flat terrain, cattle ranching, and clear surrounding waters.
E. Rokkō Island
Rokkō Island is a large man-made island in Kobe, Japan, known for its residential areas, commercial facilities, and port-related infrastructure in Osaka Bay.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Amami-Oshima Island
Target entity description: Amami-Oshima Island is a subtropical Japanese island in Kagoshima Prefecture renowned for its rich biodiversity, endemic wildlife, and lush forests, which have earned it UNESCO World Heritage status.

A. Shimoji-shima
Shimoji-shima is a small island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, known for its clear waters, coral reefs, and the Shimojishima Airport used for both tourism and pilot training.
B. Awaji Island
Awaji Island is a large island in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea, known as the epicenter of the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake and for its scenic landscapes and cultural heritage.
C. Taketomi Island
Taketomi Island is a small, traditional Ryukyuan island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, known for its preserved village of red-tiled houses, white-sand streets, and water buffalo cart rides.
D. Kuroshima Island
Kuroshima Island is a small, sparsely populated coral island in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, known for its flat terrain, cattle ranching, and clear surrounding waters.
E. Rokkō Island
Rokkō Island is a large man-made island in Kobe, Japan, known for its residential areas, commercial facilities, and port-related infrastructure in Osaka Bay.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ island ⓘ subtropical island ⓘ
administrativeDivisionOf	Japan ⓘ
archipelago	Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
climate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
conservationStatus	important area for biodiversity conservation ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
hasAirport	Amami Airport ⓘ
hasCity	Amami City ⓘ
hasConservationMeasure	feral cat control programs ⓘ protected areas designation ⓘ
hasEndemicSpecies	Amami Ishikawa’s frog ⓘ Amami rabbit ⓘ Amami thrush ⓘ Amami tip-nosed frog ⓘ Lidth’s jay ⓘ Ryukyu long-haired rat ⓘ
hasTown	Setouchi ⓘ Tatsugo ⓘ linked to: Tatsugō Uken ⓘ Yamato ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageStatus	Natural site ⓘ
highestPoint	Yuwandake ⓘ
knownFor	coral reefs ⓘ endemic wildlife ⓘ lush subtropical forests ⓘ mangrove forests ⓘ rich biodiversity ⓘ
languageUsed	Japanese ⓘ
localLanguages	Amami language ⓘ Ryukyuan languages ⓘ
locatedIn	Amami Islands ⓘ Kagoshima Prefecture ⓘ Kyushu region ⓘ linked to: Kyushu
locatedInBodyOfWater	East China Sea ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
mainEconomicActivities	agriculture ⓘ fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ
partOf	Amami Gunto National Park ⓘ linked to: Amami Guntō National Park
partOfUNESCOSite	Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island ⓘ
produces	brown sugar ⓘ kokuto shochu ⓘ
threats	habitat loss ⓘ invasive species ⓘ roadkill of endemic species ⓘ
timezone	Japan Standard Time ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	2021 ⓘ
vegetationType	evergreen broadleaf forest ⓘ

How these facts were elicited