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	Ogasawara Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ogasawara islands are a part of an island arc known as the fore arc.
		The crust of the Bonin islands were formed by volcanic activity when subuduction began about 45-50 million years ago, and are composed mostly of an andesitic volcanic rock called Boninite, which is rich in magnesium oxide, chromium, and silicon dioxide.
		The first recorded settlement of the islands was an American colony founded in 1830, and the descendents of these settlers live on the island today.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ogasawara_Islands (1256 words)

	BONIN ISLANDS - LoveToKnow Article on BONIN ISLANDS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		European geographers have been accustomed to divide the islands into three groups for purposes of nomenclature, calling the northern group the Parry Islands, the central the Beechey Islands and the southern the Coffin or Bailey Islands.
		When Commodore Perry arrived in 1853, there were on Peel Island thirty-one inhabitants, four being English, four American, one Portuguese and the rest natives of the Sandwich Islands, the Ladrones, andc.; and when Mr Russell Robertson visited the place in 1875, the colony had grown to sixty-nine, of whom only five were pure whites.
		The shores are covered with coral; earthquakes and tidal waves are frequent, the latter not taking the form of bores, but of a sudden steady rise and equally sudden fall in the level of the sea; the climate is rather tropical than temperate, but sickness is almost unknown among theresidents.
	40.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BO/BONIN_ISLANDS.htm (739 words)

	AllRefer.com - Bonin Islands, Japan (Japanese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		The largest and principal island is Chichi (formerly Peel Island), c.10 sq mi (30 sq km), the site of Omura, the capital of the group, and Futami-ko (Port Lloyd), the chief harbor.
		The islands were claimed by Japan from the British in 1875 and placed under the Tokyo prefecture in 1880.
		In World War II the islands formed a major Japanese military stronghold until they were occupied by the U.S. navy in 1945.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/BoninIsl.html (254 words)

	Commodore Matthew Perry's Visit to the Bonin Islands, June 1853
		Simaye, in his passage to the Bonin islands, passed it in the first part of the intercalary month, which succeeds the fourth moon; on his return, the latter part of the sixth moon, he should have found the current less rapid, and thus his attention was not called to this dangerous passage.
		Peel Island is the only one of the Bonin group inhabited, and it contained on the visit of the Commodore only thirty-one inhabitants, all told: of these, three or four were native Americans, about the same number Englishmen, one a Portuguese, and the remainder Sandwich islanders and children born on the island.
		The position of the extremity at the south of the southern island was estimated to be in latitude 25° 47', and in longitude 131° 19' east.
	www.du.edu /~ttyler/ploughboy/perrybonins.htm (8115 words)

	Intersectional gene flow between insular endemics of Ilex (Aquifoliaceae) on the Bonin Islands and the Ryukyu Islands ...
		from the Ryukyu Islands (endemic to the Ishigaki and Iriomote
		from the Ryukyu Islands (endemic to the Amamioshima Island)
		endemics on the Bonin and the Ryukyu Islands.
	www.amjbot.org /cgi/content/full/87/6/793 (4780 words)

	Ogasawara Islands
		The Ogaswara islands are a part of island arc know as the fore arc.
		The crust of the Bonin islands were formed by volcanic activity when subuduction began about 45=50 million years ago, and are composed mostly of an andesitic volcanic rock called Boninite, which is rich in magnesium oxide, chromium, and silicon dioxide.
		The first recorded settlement of the islands was an American colony founded in 1830, which persisted until the Second World War.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Ogasawara_Islands (632 words)

	wiki/Bonin Islands Definition / wiki/Bonin Islands Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Ogasawara Islands (小笠原諸島) are an archipelagoAn archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands.
		Tourists are attracted to the islands by scuba divingScuba Diving is the use of independent breathing equipment to stay underwater for long periods for recreational diving and professional diving.
		The crust of the Bonin islands were formed by volcanic activity when subuduction began about 45=50 million years ago, and are composed mostly of an andesitic volcanic rock called Boninite, which is rich in magnesium oxideMagnesium oxide is a white solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase and is a source of magnesium.
	www.elresearch.com /wiki/Bonin_Islands (2168 words)

	Bonin Islands -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The islands lie in the western Pacific between the Bonin Islands (north) and the Mariana Islands (south).
		The term is commonly accepted as including all of those islands in the Pacific that are collectively referred to as Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, also sometimes known as Oceania.
		Islands are found in oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9080616?tocId=9080616&query=chichi&ct= (852 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Ogasawara subtropical moist forests (OC0109)
		The archipelago extends from the island of Mukojima in the North to the Iwo Islands in the South.
		The climate of islands is subtropical, with a marked seasonal temperature variation, ranging from a sea level mean of 18ºC in February to 25ºC in July and August.
		The flora of the Bonin Islands is noted for a high degree of endemism.
	www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/oc/oc0109_full.html (1618 words)

	HyperWar: Volcano Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Bonin Islands (Ogasawara Gunto to the Japanese) properly are the central group of Nanpo Shoto comprising Muko, Chichi, and Haha.
		The northern part of the island is a plateau with rocky and inaccessible shores, but beaches extended from the base of Mount Suribachi for more than two miles north and east.
		Up to 1944 the island was inhabited by about 1100 Japanese civilians who raised sugar and pineapples, extracted sulphur and ran a crude sugar mill; but all were evacuated by mid to late 1944.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/PTO/Iwo/Volcanos.html (581 words)

	Annotated Chronology of the Bonin Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mizuno informs the inhabitants of the Bakufu’s claim to the islands, and a group headed by Obana Sakunosuke remains behind to establish the foundations for the administration of the new territory.
		As Japan’s strategic position in the Pacific War deteriorates, the civilian population of the islands (6,886) is evacuated to the mainland.
		L.B. Cholmondeley: The History of the Bonin Islands from the Year 1827 to the Year 1876 and of Nathaniel Savory, One of the Original Settlers to which is added a short supplement dealing with the Islands after their Occupation by the Japanese.
	nihongo.human.metro-u.ac.jp /bonins/03dobson.htm (2537 words)

	Beechey's Discovery of the Bonin Islands June 1827 - from: F. W. Beechey. Narrative Of A Voyage To The Pacific And ...
		Taking possession of uninhabited islands is now a mere matter for form; still I could not allow so fair an opportunity to escape, and declared them to be the property of the British government by nailing a sheet of copper to a tree, with the necessary particulars engraved upon it.
		Wittrein and his companion, the men whom we found upon the island, were living on the south side of the harbour, in a house built from the plank of the William, upon a substantial foundation of copper bolts, procured from the wreck of the ship by burning the timbers.
		The island abounded in arrack-trees (areca?) and in enormous crabs (turtle?), which were from four to six feet in length; and was named Bune-sima, in consequence of its being uninhabited.
	www.du.edu /~ttyler/ploughboy/beecheyv2.htm (3359 words)

	How much did Japan know? \| thebulletin.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The islands would serve as secret "recovery and reload" bases for submarines and bombers, which after withdrawing to the islands, would go on to wage a new offensive.
		The Japanese boasted that the island was "the Gibraltar of the Pacific." [3]
		The island's radar installation detected U.S. B-29s flying from Saipan and Tinian, and warnings were relayed to the mainland.
	www.bullatomsci.org /issues/2000/jf00/jf00norrisarkin.html (3548 words)

	ESRI Map Book Gallery Volume 17: Tourism - Island Map — Hachijojima, Izu, Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands
		Hachijojima is a volcanic island and consists of Mt. Higashi (701 meters) and Mt. Nishi (854 meters).
		The circumference of the island is roughly 59 kilometers, and it covers 62.3 square kilometers.
		This map was created specifically with color contrast to show the beautiful shape of the island, which was created by the volcanic mountains.
	www.esri.com /mapmuseum/mapbook_gallery/volume17/tourism1.html (222 words)

	Outdoor SIG - Doing it outdoors in Japan! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Bonin Island chain also known as the Ogasawara Islands, is home to countless outdoor activities including snorkelling, diving, hiking, swimming with dolphins, sea kayaking, fishing, surfing, whale watching, and countless other mainly aquatic sports.
		Like those islands, they are pretty hard to get to and are one of a kind in the world so you get many bragging rights (watch a Japanese person's face when you tell them you're going to the Ogasawara shoto).
		On the islands, I suggest staying at the Chichijima youth hostel http://oyh.jp/ (jinnybeach@oyh.jp) which is 3,045 yen per night with a YH card (1,000 yen more per night without) Info on how to get a card as well as info on the different hostels can be found at http://www.jyh.or.jp/english/index.html.
	www.outdoorsig.com /bonins.htm (1560 words)

	Bonin Islands 1999
		Two of the islands (Chichijima and Hahajima) are inhabited, and are served irregularly by a venerable freighter, the Kyoshu Maru no. 28.
		I did not get the Bonin Islands Petrel, which breeds in the interval Nov.-Feb. (Harrison, 1983), although Brazil (1987) does say that it is to be expected only in "summer".
		Miyakejima (an island 160km S of Tokyo, accessible by daily ferry) gave me the Izu Islands Thrush and the Japanese Murrelet (take a small boat to its breeding islets of Sanbondake) in March 1999, tho' I was too early for Ijima's Willow Warbler and Japanese Night Heron.
	www.camacdonald.com /birding/tripreports/Ogasawara99.html (2357 words)

	The History of Bonin Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He nominated an immigrant from Hawaii as the head of Bonin Islands.
		The Ogasawara islands office was changed the named to the Ogasawara Branch Office.
		The islands were ruled by the U.S. Government.
	www.asahi-net.or.jp /~et7t-tum/bonin-hise.html (114 words)

	Lewis Monto - Landfalls for the Bonin Islands, c.1832 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Until the end of the month the ship obtained provisions from the islands and chased whales in the immediate area.
		Apparently the charts used on board the Plough Boy did not identify the islands or island groups of the Bonins by name.
		I would like to ask for assistance from those familiar with the Ogasawara Islands (Bonin Islands) in indentifying the islands that are shown below -- their contemporary names and the relative direction from which the landfall is viewed.
	www.du.edu /~ttyler/ploughboy/bonin.htm (279 words)

	JAPAN CAPITULATES--Surrender of the Bonin Islands
		The U.S. destroyer Dunlap was the scene for the surrender of the Bonin Islands on 3 September 1945.
		Lieutenant General Yoshio Tachibana, the local commander who signed the surrender documents, was later convicted and executed for a particularly gruesome series of war crimes perpetuated against U.S. aviators who had been captured in the area during 1944-45.
		Following ceremonies surrendering the Bonin Islands, held off Chichi Jima on 3 September 1945, Japanese and U.S. officers discuss additional details in the wardroom of USS Dunlap (DD-384).
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/events/wwii-pac/japansur/js-10k.htm (594 words)

	Abstracts of the articles in KJS Vol.8 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Since the 1830's ex-sailors of the whaler and their "wives" or "servants" emigrated to Ogasawara/Bonin Islands from the U.S., the Europe or the islands of the Pacific and the Indian Ocean.
		In the process of the occupation of "Nan-yo" by the Empire of Japan, this (re-)emigration was part of the web of exploitative powers: "Kete-san" was involved in the exploitation of Micronesia even as she herself became an exploited subject as part of the sugar manufacturing labor force.
		She was "surviving" as an "(inner-)emigrant" on the Ogasawara/Bonin Islands in the colonial Pacific Ocean.
	www.socio.kyoto-u.ac.jp /kjs/kjs8a.html (2274 words)

	Directory - Regional: Asia: Japan: Prefectures: Tokyo: Islands: Bonin Islands
		History of Bonin Islands, The · Brief timeline of the islands' history.
		Chichi Jima Bonin Islands Ogasawara · General information about the islands from a former Navy doctor who lived there for two years.
		The Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands Language and Culture Site · cached · Contains information and documents related to the language and culture of these unique islands which are part of Japan, but are still peopled by the descendants of the original Western and Pacific Islander settlers.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=26294 (197 words)

	Shin-iwo-jima, Bonin Islands, Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The volcano is located 5 km NE of the pyramidal island of Minami-Iwo-Jima, a Quaternary stratovolcano, and 55 km SSE of Iwo-Jima.
		Water discoloration is frequently observed, and 20th-century eruptions resulted in the formation of ephemeral islands (Shin-Iwo-Jima) in 1904, 1914, and 1974.
		Eruption in mid January 1986 built an island about 700 meters long, 500 meters wide, and 15 meter high.
	users.bendnet.com /bjensen/volcano/nwpacific/volcano-shiniwo.html (289 words)

	Bonin Islands - The World Wide Beat - The World by Region - SearchBeat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Japanese Linguistic Research Centre - The linguistic culture of the Ogasawara (Bonin) Islands.
		History of Bonin Islands, The - Brief timeline of the islands' history.
		Chichi Jima Bonin Islands Ogasawara - General information about the islands from a former Navy doctor who lived there for two years.
	www.searchbeat.com /Regional/Asia/BoninIslands (210 words)

	John LaPlant's Chichi Jima Bonin Islands Website
		This site is in tribute to the people of the Bonin Islands (now known as Ogasawara Islands); especially the descendants of Nathaniel Savory and the other original settlers beginning in the 1830's.
		I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Dr. John L.Wick M.D. for his kind help in refreshing my memory regarding some of the islander's names and other information I'd forgotten since all of my notes made at the time were lost many years ago.
		Pictured at left is island artist Roy Gilley who created the Bonin Island Seal (inset).
	john_laplant.tripod.com (507 words)

	IGPP Broadband Seismic Data Collection Center \| Special Events \| Bonin Islands, Japan - February 09, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Anza group at the University of California San Diego operates a broadband seismograph network consisting of 17 three component broadband seismograph stations centered near Anza, California (see map).
		On Wednesday, February 9, 2005 at 10:46 AM (PST) we recorded a quake (preliminary mb 6.2) located in the Bonin Islands, Japan.
		View the most recent map of local events near San Diego or a slightly wider regional view of events recorded by ANZA, or a map of events recoded by ANZA from around the globe.
	eqinfo.ucsd.edu /special_events/2005/040/a/index.shtml (299 words)

	International Travel News: Japan's subtropical Bonin Islands - Brief Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		To visit the Ogasawara Island chain, also called the Bonin Islands, you must take the Ogasawara-Maru to Chichi-jima.
		The little harbor on the island is three blocks from the beachfront "downtown" area.
		The island was clean, colorful and casual -- quite a contrast with Tokyo.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3648/is_7_26/ai_78363890 (627 words)

	Bonin Islands -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		Japanese Ogasawara-gunto Located about 600 mi (950 km) south of Tokyo and consisting of 27 volcanic islands with a total area of about 40 sq mi (104 sq km), the group includes Chichi (the largest), Haha, Muko, and Yome islands.
		They were colonized in 1830 by a group of Europeans and Hawaiians.
		The islands were formally annexed by Japan in 1876; they were administered by the U.S. in 1945–68.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9357680?tocId=9357680 (869 words)

	U.S. Nuclear Weapons on Chichi Jima and Iwo Jima
		The article, by three noted nuclear weapons analysts, is a follow up to their article in the November/December 1999 Bulletin about the history of the deployment of U.S. nuclear weapons in 27 countries and territories around the globe.
		This document recounts Admiral Radford's inspection tour of the Bonin Islands in early October 1952 as well as his assessment of their strategic importance.
		U.S. embassy Tokyo airgram 2370, "Bonin Agreement Nuclear Storage," 30 December 1968, RG 59, Subject-Numeric Files, "POL 19 Bonin Islands." This document confirms that Johnson and Miki signed an agreement on nuclear weapons storage in April 1968.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB22 (1429 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Bonin Islands
		MSN Encarta - Search Results - Bonin Islands
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	encarta.msn.com /Bonin+Islands.html (157 words)

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