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[[File:Yokoate.jpg|right|thumb|320px|Yokoate Island as seen from the air]]
*''Japanese'': 横当島 ''(Yokoate jima)''
Yokoate-jima is a small uninhabited island in [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. It is one of the southernmost of the [[Tokara Islands]] and is administered as part of Toshima village.
The island has a total land area of 3.8 km<sup>2</sup>, and is comprised of two volcanic cones which have combined into a single landmass. The western cone extends to 259 meters above sea level, and the eastern one about 495 meters. The soil is made chiefly of pyroxene andesite.
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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A8%AA%E5%BD%93%E5%B3%B6-146007#E3.83.96.E3.83.AA.E3.82.BF.E3.83.8B.E3.82.AB.E5.9B.BD.E9.9A.9B.E5.A4.A7.E7.99.BE.E7.A7.91.E4.BA.8B.E5.85.B8.20.E5.B0.8F.E9.A0.85.E7.9B.AE.E4.BA.8B.E5.85.B8 Yokoatejima]," Britannica Kokusai Daihyakka jiten, Britannica Japan, 2014.
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*''Japanese'': 横当島 ''(Yokoate jima)''
Yokoate-jima is a small uninhabited island in [[Kagoshima prefecture]]. It is one of the southernmost of the [[Tokara Islands]] and is administered as part of Toshima village.
The island has a total land area of 3.8 km<sup>2</sup>, and is comprised of two volcanic cones which have combined into a single landmass. The western cone extends to 259 meters above sea level, and the eastern one about 495 meters. The soil is made chiefly of pyroxene andesite.
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==References==
*"[https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%A8%AA%E5%BD%93%E5%B3%B6-146007#E3.83.96.E3.83.AA.E3.82.BF.E3.83.8B.E3.82.AB.E5.9B.BD.E9.9A.9B.E5.A4.A7.E7.99.BE.E7.A7.91.E4.BA.8B.E5.85.B8.20.E5.B0.8F.E9.A0.85.E7.9B.AE.E4.BA.8B.E5.85.B8 Yokoatejima]," Britannica Kokusai Daihyakka jiten, Britannica Japan, 2014.
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