volcano islands

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Definition of volcano islands in English English dictionary

a group of Japanese Islands in the northwesternern Pacific Ocean north of the Marianas

Group of three small volcanic islands, western Pacific Ocean, southern of Bonin Islands, Japan. After they were visited by Japanese fishermen and sulfur miners in 1887, the three islands of Kita Iwo, Iwo Jima (the largest), and Minami Iwo were claimed by Japan in 1891. After World War II, Japan retained residual sovereignty over the islands, but the U.S. administered them from 1951 until their return to Japan in 1968

Hyphenation

vol·ca·no islands

Turkish pronunciation

välkeynō aylındz

Pronunciation

/välˈkānō ˈīləndz/ /vɑːlˈkeɪnoʊ ˈaɪləndz/