page_title: Hachijō-kojima
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Hachijō-kojima / Geography
caption_attribution_description: Landsat picture of Hachijojima Island, Izu Islands, Japan. 日本語: 八丈島の衛星写真
context_page_description: Hachijō-kojima is a small volcanic deserted island in the Philippine Sea approximately 287 kilometres south of Tokyo, and 7.5 kilometres west of Hachijō-jima, in the northern Izu archipelago, Japan. Administratively the island is within Hachijō, Tokyo, Japan.
context_section_description: Oriented in the same northwest to southeast direction as Hachijō-jima, the 1.3 × 3 km Hachijōkojima is surrounded by high cliffs. The summit of the island is the mountain Taihei-zan (太平山) with a height of 616.8 metres (2,024 ft). Located in the Kuroshio Current, the area has abundant sea life, and is popular with sports fishermen and scuba divers.
caption: Hachijō-kojima (left) and Hachijō-jima (right)
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