Iwo Jima

, also known as Iō-tō,地名等の統一に関する連絡協議会　硫黄島の呼称を「いおうじま」から「いおうとう」へ変更 at Geographical Survey Institute of Japan  ; Retreived 2013-4-27. is an uninhabited Japanese island in the Volcano Islands. It is south of the Bonin Islands.  It is  south of mainland Tokyo.Ring, Trudy et al. (1994). International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania, p. 379.

History
The first recorded mention of Iwo Jima was in 1673.

It was claimed by the Empire of Japan in 1861.

The island is best known as the focus of the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945.

Related pages 
 Ogasawara, Tokyo

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Category:Islands of Japan