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Volcano Islands

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Noun

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a group of Japanese Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean to the north of the Marianas

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Volcano Islands

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plural noun
a group of three volcanic islands in the W Pacific, about 1100 km (700 miles) south of Japan: the largest is Iwo Jima, taken by US forces in 1945 and returned to Japan in 1968. Area: about 28 sq km (11 sq miles)
. Japanese name: Kazan-rettō

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Volcano Islands

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group of small Japanese islands, including Iwo Jima, in the W Pacific: 11 sq mi (28 sq km)

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Volcano Islands

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A group of Japanese islands in the northwest Pacific Ocean north of the Mariana Islands. Annexed by Japan in the late 1800s, the islands were administered by the United States from 1945 until 1968.

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