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The is a collective term for the groups of islands that are located to the south of the Japanese archipelago. They extend from the Izu Peninsula west of Tokyo Bay southward for about 750 miles (1200 km), to within 300 miles (500 km) of the Mariana Islands. The Nanpō Islands are all administered by Tokyo Metropolis. The Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department of the Japan Coast Guard defines the Nanpō Shotō as follows:〔Ajiro Tatsuhiko and Warita Ikuo, ''Waga kuni no kōiki na chimei oyobi sono han'i ni tsuite no chōsa kenkyū'' (The geographical names and those extents of the wide areas in Japan), Kaiyō Jōhōbu Gihō, Vol. 27, 2009.(online edition )〕 * Nanpō Shotō (Nanpō Islands) * * Izu Shotō (Izu Islands) * * Ogasawara Shotō (Ogasawara Islands〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ogasawara Islands )〕 in a wider sense) * * * Ogasawara Guntō (Bonin Islands) * * * * Mukojima Rettō * * * * Chichijima Rettō * * * * Hahajima Rettō * * * Kazan Rettō (Volcano Islands) including Nishinoshima * * * * Kita Iwo Jima (North Iwo Jima) * * * * Iwo Jima * * * * Minami Iwo Jima (South Iwo Jima) * * * Okinotorishima * * * Minamitorishima The Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, another government organ that is responsible for standardization of place names, does not use the term Nanpō Shotō although it has agreed with the Japan Coast Guard over the names and extents of the subgroups of the Nanpō Shotō.〔 ==See also== * Ryukyu Islands 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nanpō Islands」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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