An uninhabited andesitic active volcanic island on the Volcanic Island Ridge, under the jurisdiction of the Ogasawara Subprefecture of Tokyo. It is located 930 km south of Tokyo, 130 km west of Chichijima, at 27°15′N and 140°53′E. Its area is approximately 0.29 square kilometers. Its elevation is 25 meters (2013). In 1973 (Showa 48), the first recorded eruption occurred on the nearby seabed, creating Nishinoshima Shinto. The eruption ended the following year, but the new island was connected to the main island, with an area three times that of the main island, which is 77,000 square meters. It is the only natural increase in land area in Japan since the war. The new island has been deformed severely due to marine erosion. Its former name was Rosario Island, which was used until the beginning of the 20th century, after the name of the Spanish sailing ship that discovered the island in 1702 (Genroku 15). On November 20, 2013, it erupted 500 meters south-southeast, and the new island became one with Nishinoshima. As of February 2014, it had an area of 0.72 square kilometers and a peak of 66 meters. [Akira Suwa] [Reference] |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
東京都小笠原(おがさわら)支庁管内、火山列島海嶺(かいれい)上の無人の安山岩質活火山島。東京の南930キロメートル、父島の西130キロメートル、北緯27度15分、東経140度53分に位置する。面積約0.29平方キロメートル。標高25メートル(2013)。1973年(昭和48)、付近海底で有史以来初噴火し、西之島新島が誕生した。噴火は翌年終わったが、新島は、本島の面積7万7000平方メートルの約3倍になり、本島に接続した。戦後唯一の日本国土の自然増。海食などで新島部分の変形は激しい。旧名はロザリオ島Rosario Islandで、1702年(元禄15)にこの島を発見したスペインの帆船名にちなみ、20世紀初頭まで使われた。2013年(平成25)11月20日に南南東500メートルの位置で噴火、新島は西之島と一体となり2014年2月段階では面積0.72平方キロメートル、最高部66メートルとなっている。 [諏訪 彰] [参照項目] |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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