Ōge-jima explained

Ōge-jima should not be confused with Ogijima.

Ōge-jima
Map:Japan Tokushima Prefecture#Japan
Native Name:大毛島
Native Name Link:Japanese language
Location:Seto Inland Sea
Archipelago:no
Area Km2:7.31
Length Km:6
Width Km:2
Elevation M:198.5
Country:Japan
Country Admin Divisions Title:Prefecture
Country Admin Divisions:Tokushima Prefecture
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:City
Country Admin Divisions 1:Naruto
Population:2686
Population As Of:2015
Population Footnotes:[1]
Ethnic Groups:Japanese

is an island in the Seto Inland Sea administered under Naruto in Tokushima Prefecture.

Geography

Ōge-jima, also called Ōge Island, is located in the northeast of Tokushima Prefecture, on the island of Shikoku, Japan . Together with Taka-shima and Shimada-jima, the island to which it is connected by the Horikoshi Bridge, it forms the northeast part of Naruto. It is connected to the island of Shikoku by the Konaruto Bridge, and, by the Ōnaruto Bridge spanning the Naruto Strait, to Awaji Island, an island in the Seto Inland Sea.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 17 小字別世帯数と人口(その1. Naruto. 2015-03-31. ja. 2016-08-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20160802140040/http://www.city.naruto.tokushima.jp/_files/00081528/h017.pdf. 2016-08-02.
  2. Web site: ja. The Asahi Shimbun. Ōge-jima. 2019. Kotobank. 18 December 2019. .