Nakōdo-jima explained

Nakōdo-jima
Native Name:Japanese: 媒島
Pushpin Map:Japan complete
Pushpin Label:Nakōdo-jima
Location:Pacific Ocean
Archipelago:Ogasawara Islands
Area Km2:1.37
Area Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:154.9
Country:Japan
Country Admin Divisions Title:Prefecture
Country Admin Divisions:Tokyo
Country Admin Divisions Title 1:Subprefecture
Country Admin Divisions 1:Ogasawara Subprefecture
Country Admin Divisions Title 2:Village
Country Admin Divisions 2:Ogasawara
Population:uninhabited

is an uninhabited Japanese island in the Mukojima Islands (formerly known as the Parry Group), the northernmost island group of the Bonin Islands, in the village of Ogasawara, Tokyo Metropolis. The entire island and its surrounding waters form part of Ogasawara National Park,[2] while an area of including surrounding reefs forms part of the Ogaswara Islands UNESCO World Heritage Site.[3]

Geography

The highest point on the island (and the Muko-jima Group) is, at .[4]

Natural history

The island is a breeding ground for the brown booby (Sula leucogaster) and black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes).[5] Vegetation, including Pandanus boninensis, Lobelia boninensis, and Cirsium boninense, has been recovering since the eradication of goats introduced when the island was inhabited between the 1880s and 1944, and feral once the island was again uninhabited.[6] [5] [7] [8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: https://www.gsi.go.jp/KOKUJYOHO/MENCHO/backnumber/GSI-menseki20201001.pdf . ja:全国都道府県市区町村別面積調 . National Area by Prefecture, City, Ward, Town, and Village . ja . . 86 . 1 October 2020 . 7 May 2022.
  2. Web site: http://www.env.go.jp/park/ogasawara/intro/files/area_2.pdf . ja:区域図 聟島、西之島、北硫黄島 . Area Map: Mukojima, Nishinoshima, North Iwojima . ja . . 7 May 2022.
  3. Web site: Ogaswara Islands: Maps . . 7 May 2022.
  4. Web site: Mukojima islands . . 7 May 2022.
  5. Web site: Nomination of the Ogaswara Islands for Inscription on the World Heritage List: Appendix 1 — Management Plan . . 77 . January 2010 . 7 May 2022.
  6. ja:小笠原諸島・媒島における植生復元の取り組み . Action of the vegetation reconstruction in Ogasawara Islands, Nakoudojima . ja . Watanabe Etsuo 渡邊悦夫 . Journal of the Japan Society of Erosion Control Engineering 砂防学会誌 . 0286-8385 . 69 . 2 . 30–35 . 2016 . 10.11475/sabo.69.2_30.
  7. ja:ノヤギの駆除が外来植物ギンネムの繁茂を促進する . Spread of exotic plant Leucaena leucocephala encouraged by eradication of wild goats . ja . Ōsawa Takeshi 大澤剛士 . Hata Kenji 畑憲治 . Kachi Naoki 可知直毅 . Annual Report of Ogasawara Research 小笠原研究年報 . 0387-9844 . 40 . 13–23 . 31 May 2017 . 10748/00009723.
  8. ja:小笠原諸島聟島列島におけるノヤギ排除後の海鳥営巣数の急激 な増加 . Rapid increase in seabird breeding population after feral goat eradication on Mukojima, Ogasawara Islands, Japan . ja, en . Suzuki Hajime 鈴木創 . Horikoshi Kazuo 堀越和夫 . Sasaki Tetsuro 佐々木哲朗 . Kawakami Kazuto 川上和人 . Rapid increase in seabird breeding population after feral goat eradication on Mukojima, Ogasawara Islands, Japan . . 0913-400X . 68 . 2 . 273–287 . 2019 . 10.3838/jjo.68.273. free .