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Ryukyu Archipelago
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Ryukyu Islands
The , known in Japanese as the and also known as the , are a chain of
Japanese islands
that stretch southwest from
Kyushu
to
Taiwan
: the
Osumi
,
Tokara
,
Amami
,
Okinawa
, and
Sakishima
Islands (further divided into the
Miyako
and
Yaeyama
Islands), with
Yonaguni
the southernmost. The larger are mostly
volcanic islands
and the smaller ones are mostly
coral islands
. The largest of the islands is
Okinawa
.
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