Uotsuri Island

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Uotsuri Island

/ˌuːoʊˈtsʊəɹi/

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From Japanese 魚釣島(うおつりしま) (uotsurishima).

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An island in Ishigaki, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, in the Senkaku Islands. A rescue ship headed toward Formosa today with the 13 persons who lived through the wrecking of a Japanese airways land plane in a forced landing on Uotsuri Island. The stranded crew of four and nine passengers were sighted by the ship along the beach, 110 miles north of Formosa.
Similar: Uotsuri, Uotsuri-shima, Diaoyutai

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日本語	魚釣島

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@misc{uotsuri_island_2026,
  title = {Uotsuri Island},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uotsuri%20island},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}