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Kaminonejima
Kaminonejima. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Kaminonejima (Japanese: 上ノ根島, Kaminone-jima) or Kaminone Island, is a small uninhabited island located in the Tokara Islands of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

It formed out of the same stratovolcano that created nearby Yokoate-jima, positioned 2.4 kilometers south of Kaminone.

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

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