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# Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island
Amami-Oshima, Tokunoshima, northern Okinawa and Iriomote · Japan

UNESCO natural World Heritage, inscribed in 2021.

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Area / regionAmami-Oshima, Tokunoshima, northern Okinawa and Iriomote

Country / geographic scopeJapan

Place typeNature

Point coordinates28.27917, 129.37833

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## UNESCO World Heritage
Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island

Natural · Inscription: 2021

Property components: 5. The image or map point may represent one component of the property.

[Read the UNESCO entry ↗](https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1574/)

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