Danjo Islands Explained

Danjo Islands
Native Name:
Danjo-guntō
Waterbody:East China Sea
Major Islands:5 (uninhabited)[1]
Area Km2:4.7
Elevation M:281
Country:Japan
Country Admin Divisions Title:Prefectures
Country Admin Divisions:Nagasaki Prefecture
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Municipality
Country Admin Divisions 1:Gotō City

The are a small uninhabited Japanese island group in the East China Sea situated approximately south-southwest of the Gotō Islands and administratively part of the city of Gotō, Nagasaki Prefecture.[1] The five main islands of,,, and together stretch some from north to south and cover an area of .[1] The islands, their flora, and their fauna are protected as a Natural Monument,[2] Biotic Community Protection Forest,[3] Special Wildlife Protection Area, [4] [5] and Important Bird Area.[6] [7] Birds found on the islands include the Japanese murrelet, streaked shearwater, brown booby, Ryukyu robin, Japanese wood pigeon, and Pleske's grasshopper warbler.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/pubs/bulletin/417/documents/417-4.pdf . ja:男女群島の鳥類 . Avifauna of the Danjo Islands, located in the north-eastern part of the East China Sea . Japanese . Seki Shinichi 関伸一 . 森林総合研究所研究報告 (Bulletin of FFPRI) . 9 . 4 . 193–205 . December 2010 . 8 April 2021.
  2. Web site: https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2769 . ja:男女群島 . Danjo Islands . Japanese . . 8 April 2021.
  3. Web site: https://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/kyusyu/keikaku/hogorin/syokubutsu/dannjyogunntou.html . ja:男女(だんじょ)群島生物群集保護林 . Danjo Islands Biotic Community Protection Forest . Japanese . . 8 April 2021.
  4. Web site: https://www.env.go.jp/nature/choju/area/pdf/area2-1.pdf . ja:国指定鳥獣保護区一覧 . List of National Wildlife Protection Areas . Japanese . . 1 November 2019 . 8 April 2021.
  5. Web site: https://www.env.go.jp/council/12nature/y125-03/mat01_4_3.pdf . ja:国指定男女群島鳥獣保護区 . Danjo Islands National Wildlife Protection Area . Japanese . . 8 April 2021.
  6. Web site: Danjo Islands . . 8 April 2021.
  7. Web site: Danjo Islands - Marine . . 8 April 2021.