Danjo Islands


The Danjo Islands are a small uninhabited Japanese island group in the East China Sea situated approximately south-southwest of the Gotō Islands and administratively part of the city of Gotō, Nagasaki Prefecture. The five main islands of O-shima Kuroki-jima, Yori-shima, Hanaguri-jima, and Me-shima together stretch some from north to south and cover an area of. The islands, their flora, and their fauna are protected as a Natural Monument, Biotic Community Protection Forest, Special Wildlife Protection Area, and Important Bird Area. Birds found on the islands include the Japanese murrelet, streaked shearwater, brown booby, Ryukyu robin, Japanese wood pigeon, and Pleske's grasshopper warbler.

Maps and images