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Sotobanari Island
Sotobanari Island. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Sotobanari Island (外離島, Sotobanari-jima; Yaeyama: Fukabanari; Okinawan: Fukabanari) is one of the Yaeyama Islands, within the Sakishima Islands, at the southern end of the Ryukyu Islands. It is to the west of Iriomote Island, its nearest large neighbour. It is administered as part of the town of Taketomi, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. The small island (about 1 km; 1000 yards in diameter), whose name means outer distant island, is vegetated, but has no running water.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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