Ō Island

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Ō Island

island, Japan

Also known as: Vries Island

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Izu Islands
Ō Island, the largest of the Seven Islands group, is 35 square miles (91 square km) in area. It was known to Western cartographers as Vries Island, after the Dutch navigator Martin Heritzoon de Vries, who reached it in 1643. The islands were used by…
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Ō Island, the largest of the Seven Islands group, is 35 square miles (91 square km) in area. It was known to Western cartographers as Vries Island, after the Dutch navigator Martin Heritzoon de Vries, who reached it in 1643. The islands were used by…
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