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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Volcano Islands Jap. Kazan-retto, island group, c.11 sq mi (30 sq km), W Pacific. The group consists of three islands, of which Iwo Jima is the most important. The highest peak (3,181 ft/970 m) is on Minami-iwo-jima. There are sugarcane plantations and sulfur mines on the Volcano Islands. The inhabitants are Japanese and Koreans. Japanese fishermen and sulfur miners arrived in 1887, and Japan annexed the islands in 1891. Captured by U.S. forces in World War II, the islands were placed under U.S. administration from 1945 until 1968, when they were restored to Japan. Author n... Read more
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ... Kazan-retto or Io-retto Group of three small volcanic islands, western Pacific Ocean. Administratively part of Japan, they lie south of the Bonin Islands . After they were visited by Japanese fishermen and sulfur miners in 1887, the three islands of Kita Io, Io (Iwo Jima ; the largest), and ... Japan ... Read more
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U*X*L Encyclopedia of Landforms and Other Geologic Features ... famous example of hot spot volcanoes is the string of Hawaiian islands. These islands form a chain of volcanoes because the magma plume that ... being distributed in an arc of volcanoes, such as the Hawaiian Islands on Earth. Olympus Mons and ... Read more

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