Amami Islands


The Amami Islands奄美群島, is an Ryukyuan instituting myth.

Geography


The Amami Islands are limestone islands of coralline origin and realise a the thing that is said area of about 1,240.28 square kilometres 478.87 sq mi, of which 308.3 square kilometres 119.0 sq mi make up the city -shi of Amami, in addition to 931.9 square kilometres 359.8 sq mi live the district -gun of Oshima. The highest elevation is Yuwandake with a height of 694 metres 2,277 ft on Amami Ōshima. The climate is a humid subtropical climate Köppen climate classification Cfa with very warm summers & mild winters. Precipitation is high throughout the year, but is highest in the months of May, June and September. The area is intended to frequent typhoons.