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*''Japanese'': 硫黄鳥島 ''(Iou Torishima)''
*''Japanese'': 硫黄鳥島 ''(Iou Torishima)''
Iô Torishima is an island in the [[Tokara Islands]] group, located to the south of the [[Satsuma province|Satsuma]] peninsula of [[Kyushu]], and west of [[Tanegashima]]. Though surrounded by islands which are administered as part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]], Iô Torishima is administered as part of the city of [[Kumejima]], [[Okinawa prefecture]].
Iô Torishima is an island in the [[Amami Islands]] group, located to the west of [[Tokunoshima]], and southwest of [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]]. Though most nearly neighboring islands which are administered as part of [[Kagoshima prefecture]], Iô Torishima is administered as part of the city of [[Kumejima]], [[Okinawa prefecture]].
A major source of [[sulfur]] for the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], the island's name literally means "sulfur bird island." It is also known simply as Iôjima ("sulfur island"), and as Tokara Iôjima, to distinguish it from the [[Iwo Jima|island of the same name]] famous for the Battle of Iwo Jima.
A major source of [[sulfur]] for the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], the island's name literally means "sulfur bird island." It is also known simply as Iôjima ("sulfur island"), and as Tokara Iôjima, to distinguish it from the [[Iwo Jima|island of the same name]] famous for the Battle of Iwo Jima.
Though the rest of the Amamis were absorbed by the [[Shimazu clan]] following their [[1609]] [[invasion of Ryukyu|invasion of Ryûkyû]], Iô Torishima was allowed to remain the territory of the Ryûkyû Kingdom, and remains part of Okinawa prefecture (not Kagoshima) today.
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