Kabashima, Nagasaki
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Kabashima (樺島), also known as Kabajima, is a small Japanese island off the southern coast of Nagasaki Prefecture on the Kyushu island.[1]
Kabashima is around 1.5 km in diameter and an area of around 2.4 km2. It lies off the main coast of the Kyushu island, near the entrance of the Ariake Sea lagoon. It is connected with the Nomo Peninsula on mainland Kyushu through a causeway over an islet of Nakajima, and the Kabashima Bridge, constructed in 1986. The main settlement, home to about 110 households in 2013, is located in a harbor near the bridge.[2]
Kabashima has steep hills 481 feet in height. East Rocks is a low reef which lies northeast of the island.[1]
