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Total in the Japanese archipelago 14,125 islandswhich is more than double the official figure that was previously available, following a new count announced by the Japan Geospatial Information Administration (GSI).
The last calculation, carried out in 1987, showed that Japan There were a total of 6,852 islands, but GSI has released a new figure thanks to improved topographic technology and map digitization, according to a statement released in February.
Does not affect territory size
The new figure, which does not imply any change in the size of Japan’s territory or the country’s territorial waters, replaces the 35-year-old figure that was reached after the Japan Coast Guard counted all islands Japanese with a circumference of at least 100 meters.
In total, GSI automatically found 120,729 islandsHowever, he discarded those that did not reach the previously mentioned circumference or were artificially built when compared with previous maps.
“Definition”islands’ is based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, but there is no international agreement on the method of counting islandstherefore, we consider the earth to have a circumference of 0.1 km or more, which was formed naturally, ”the GSI explained.
Not included islands in lakes or rivers.
(As reported by EFE)
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