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Kakeromajima
Kakeromajima. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Kakeromajima (Japanese: 加計呂麻島; also Kakeroma-tō; Amami: Xakeroma) is one of the Satsunan Islands, classed with the Amami archipelago between Kyūshū and Okinawa.

The island, 77.39 km2 (29.88 sq mi) in area, has a population of approximately 1,600 persons. Administratively it is part of the town of Setouchi in Kagoshima Prefecture. Much of the island is within the borders of the Amami Guntō Quasi-National Park.

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

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