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Fukaji has a few close-by neighbors. One satellite islet is directly to its south and nearly
adjacent, the others are a bit further away to the west. All of them are uninhabitable.
The well-maintained but non-functioning Kerama Airport on Fukaji Island.
Fukaji Island's closest and largest southern neighbor, the Mukarakujima Rocks, comprise a dozen or so un-
inhabitable and uninviting rocks.
MUKARAKUJIMA
(
ムカラク島
; Mukarakujima). Fukaji's closest and largest neighbor is a
rather foreboding-looking set of uninhabitable rocks directly in front of the island as you ap-
proach on a southern flight path. The islets start less than 30 feet (10 meters) from the south-
ern end of Fukaji and extend almost 2,620 feet (800 meters). They vary in size from about
330 feet (100 meters) across to the largest, which is approximately 1,150 feet (350 meters) in
diameter. There are perhaps a dozen rocks altogether, but it's difficult to say where one ends
or another begins as some are connected to one another by patches of sand.
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ŌJIMA
奥武島
A little less than 1 mile (1.5 kilometers) due west of the Mukarakujima Rocks, which lie
below Fukajijima, is Ōjima (
奥武島
; Ō-jima). This Ōjima should not be confused with the
two other nearby Ōjimas (same Kanji characters), one alongside southeastern Okinawa, the
