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The Best Attractions In Iwo Jima

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Iwo To , known in English as Iwo Jima , is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands and lies south of the Bonin Islands. Together with other islands, they form the Ogasawara Archipelago. The highest point of Iwo Jima is Mount Suribachi at 161 m high. Although 1,200 kilometres south of the metropolis of Tokyo on the mainland, this island of 21 km2 is administered as part of the Ogasawara Subprefecture of Tokyo and since July 1944, when the civilian population was forcibly evacuated, has been only populated by military forces. The island of Iwo Jima was the location of the Battle of Iwo Jima between February 1945–March 1945. The island became globally recog...
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  • 1. Mt. Suribachi Iwo Jima
    Mount Suribachi is a 169 m high mountain at the southwest end of the island Iwo Jima in the northwest Pacific Ocean, under the administration of Ogasawara Subprefecture, Tokyo Metropolis, Japan. The mountain's name derives from its shape, resembling a suribachi or grinding bowl. It is also known as the Mount Pipe , since the sulfur gas and water vapor that rolls in from the summit, alongside the rest of the island, give the appearance of a smoking pipe when viewed from the sea. Joe Rosenthal's famous photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima was taken at the mountain's peak.
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