Shikinejima

Shikine-jima

Native name: 式根島
port at Shikinejima
Geography
Location	Izu Islands
Coordinates	34°19′34″N 139°12′36″E / 34.32611°N 139.21000°E / 34.32611; 139.21000
Archipelago	Izu Islands
Area	3,900,000 m2 (42,000,000 sq ft)
Highest elevation	109 m (358 ft)
Administration
Japan
Demographics
Population	600 (September 2009)

Shikine-jima (式根島^?) is a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea. The island is administered by Tōkyō and located approximately 160 kilometres (99 mi) south of Tōkyō and 36 kilometres (22 mi) south of Shimoda Shizuoka Prefecture. It is one of the Izu Seven Islands group of the seven northern islands of the Izu archipelago. The island is the smaller inhabited component of the village of Niijima, which also contains the larger, neighboring island of Niijima and the smaller, uninhabited Jinaitō. It is part of the Ōshima Subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis. As of 2009^[update], the island's population was 600. Shikinejima is also within the boundaries of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.

Shikine-jima has an irregular and highly indented coastline with many small bays. The interior of the island is of low elevation, rising to 99 m above sea level at Kanbiki (神引山^?) and to 109 metres (358 ft), near Suminoi (三角点^?), the highest elevation on the island. Shikinejima is approximately 3 km long by 2.5 km wide. Signs of geothermal activity can be found along the southern coast where hot springs occur. The legend that Niijima and Shikinejima were formerly one island, and were separated by a giant tsunami during the 1703 Genroku earthquake has no basis in geology.