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Oct 22, 2024 · Iwo Jima is located about 760 miles (1,220 km) from Tokyo. It is a small island covering an area of about 8 square miles (20 square km) and spanning about 5 miles (8 km) in length. A volcanic island, Iwo Jima is dotted with hundreds of caves and is covered with volcanic sand and ash.
80 km (43 nautical miles, 50 mi) north of the island is North Iwo Jima (北硫黄島, Kita-Iō-tō, literally: "North Sulfur Island") and 59 km (37 mi; 32 nmi) south is South Iwo Jima (南硫黄島, Minami-Iō-tō, "South Sulfur Island"); these three islands make up the Volcano Islands group of the Ogasawara Islands.
The Battle of Iwo Jima (19 February – 26 March 1945) was a major battle in which the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and United States Navy (USN) landed on and eventually captured the island of Iwo Jima from the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during World War II.
- 19 February-26 March 1945(5 weeks)
- American victory
Battle of Iwo Jima. 19 Feb 1945 - 26 Mar 1945. Contributor: C. Peter Chen. Iwo Jima is a small speck in the Pacific; it is 4.5 miles long and at its broadest point 2.5 miles wide. Iwo is the Japanese word for sulfur, and the island is indeed full of sulfur.
This page features more wartime aerial photographs showing all or a large portion of Iwo Jima. Note: Some of the images presented here are also featured in other pages of the Online Library's Iwo Jima Operation series. For maps and other aerial photographs of Iwo Jima, see: Iwo Jima Operation -- Maps and Wide-Area Aerial Views of Iwo Jima.
The following 12 files are in this category, out of 12 total. "DEFENSE SYMBOL KEY" "SPECIAL AIR AND GUNNERY TARGET MAP" in October 1944, FROM- Iwo Jima Historical Map (Poster) (cropped).jpg 627 × 779; 116 KB.
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Oct 25, 2024 · Iwo Jima, island that is part of the Volcano Islands archipelago, far southern Japan. The island has been widely known as Iwo Jima, its conventional name, since World War II (1939–45). However, Japan officially changed the name to its Japanese form, Iō-tō (Iō Island), in 2007.
