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Looking west from Tokashiki, starting at the bottom is Amuro, then Agenashiku, Gahi, the Ijakaja Rocks
and Yakabi. The eastern tip of Zamami is at top right and the northern tip of Aka at far left.
AMUROJIMA ( 安室島 ; Amuro-jima). Amuro is the easternmost and largest of the Zamami
islets. Its northern tip almost touches the southernmost point of Zamami. They are separated
by about 1,150 feet (350 meters). This uninhabited isle is quite long, 1.25 miles (2 kilometers)
from north to south. The top half of Amuro is about 660 feet (200 meters) wide and the bot-
tom half is mostly around 1,970 (600 meters). Its coastline circumference measures 3.25 miles
(5.5 kilometers) and its area is a quarter of a square mile (0.62 square kilometers). Its highest
point is 325 feet (99 meters) above sea level.
Here's a caution. For some reason, the information available on this islet always includes
the fact that it is populated by Habu snakes. As that's true for almost all the Ryukyus, why
single out this one? Are there many more on Amuro than other places? It's not clear, but I
don't wish to find out so I'll just view this islet from the shore of Zamami.
AGENASHIKUJIMA ( 安慶名敷島 ; Agénashiku-jima). This mini-islet is a little over three-quar-
ters of a mile (1.3 kilometers) west of the top portion of Amuro and three-quarters of a mile
(1 kilometer) south of the dock at Zamami Port. Agenashiku is quite small. It's a narrow oval
in shape, almost 1,970 feet (600 meters) long and 590 feet (180 meters) wide. It is 0.08 square
kilometers in area, about a bit more than one and a quarter miles (2.1 kilometers) around,
and its highest point is 170 feet (51 meters). It has a collection of about a half dozen rocks
immediately to its southeast. Some are as large as 130-165 feet (40-50 meters) across. At one
time the central flat portion of Agenashiku Islet was cultivated with sugar cane. It's no longer
worth the trouble and the island was abandoned many years ago.
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