Online dictionary of geography and travels in Japan: Iwo Island

硫黄島硫黄列島火山列島
alternative words: Iwo-jima Island, Iwojima Island, Io Island, Iojima Island, Iwojima, Iwo jima, Ioujima, Iou jima, Volcano Islands
keywords: island , military base , tokyo , volcano
related topics: Tokyo Prefecture , Ogasawara Islands
related web sites: http://www.mars.dti.ne.jp/~jm1glz/iwojima.htm , http://www.iwojima.jp , http://www.iwo-jima.org , http://www.flagsofourfathers.net
explanation: Tiny island lost in the Pacific Ocean between Tokyo and Guam. At the end of WWII, a fierce battle took place between Americans and Japanese. It was returned back to Japan in 1968 but still inhabited only by servicemen. Its surface is about 20 km2 and you can access there from Ogasawara Island by charting a fishing ship but a permission to land is needed.