Yokoatejima
Encyclopedia
is a 3.5 km long volcanic island located in the Tokara Islands
, part of the Nansei Islands, Japan
. Historical documents at the end of the Edo Period
mention ash plumes from Yokoatejima.
Tokara Islands
The Tokara Islands is a group of islands in part of the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Nansei Islands. The whole island group belongs to Toshima Village, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan....
, part of the Nansei Islands, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. Historical documents at the end of the Edo Period
Edo period
The , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
mention ash plumes from Yokoatejima.