Danjo Islands

{{Short description|Japanese island group}}

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| name = Danjo Islands

| native_name = {{Nihongo2|男女群島}}
Danjo-guntō

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| image_name = USAMS Japan Map Series L506 NI 52-14 Fukue-Jima.jpg

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| image_caption = Danjo Islands (at the bottom, marked NANNYO-GUNTŌ) in the East China Sea, with the Gotō Islands to the Northeast (USAMS 1952)

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| coordinates = {{Coord|32.023913|N|128.385194|E|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:isle_region:JP}}

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| waterbody = East China Sea

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| major_islands = 5 (uninhabited){{cite journal |url=https://www.ffpri.affrc.go.jp/pubs/bulletin/417/documents/417-4.pdf |script-title=ja:男女群島の鳥類 |trans-title=Avifauna of the Danjo Islands, located in the north-eastern part of the East China Sea |language=Japanese |author=Seki Shinichi 関伸一 |journal=森林総合研究所研究報告 (Bulletin of FFPRI) |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=193–205 |date=December 2010 |accessdate=8 April 2021}}

| area_km2 = 4.7

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| elevation_m = 281

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| country = Japan

| country_admin_divisions_title = Prefectures

| country_admin_divisions = Nagasaki Prefecture

| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Municipality

| country_admin_divisions_1 = Gotō City

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The {{nihongo|Danjo Islands|男女群島|Danjo-guntō|literally: "male and female archipelago"}} are a small uninhabited Japanese island group in the East China Sea situated approximately {{convert|70|km}} south-southwest of the Gotō Islands and administratively part of the city of Gotō, Nagasaki Prefecture. The five main islands of {{nihongo|O-shima|男島}} {{nihongo|Kuroki-jima|クロキ島}}, {{nihongo|Yori-shima|寄島}}, {{nihongo|Hanaguri-jima|ハナグリ島}}, and {{nihongo|Me-shima|女島}} together stretch some {{convert|10|km}} from north to south and cover an area of {{convert|4.7|sqkm}}. The islands, their flora, and their fauna are protected as a Natural Monument,{{cite web |url=https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/2769 |script-title=ja:男女群島 |trans-title=Danjo Islands |language=Japanese |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |accessdate=8 April 2021}} Biotic Community Protection Forest,{{cite web |url=https://www.rinya.maff.go.jp/kyusyu/keikaku/hogorin/syokubutsu/dannjyogunntou.html |script-title=ja:男女（だんじょ）群島生物群集保護林 |trans-title=Danjo Islands Biotic Community Protection Forest |language=Japanese |publisher=Forestry Agency |accessdate=8 April 2021}} Special Wildlife Protection Area, {{cite web |url=https://www.env.go.jp/nature/choju/area/pdf/area2-1.pdf |script-title=ja:国指定鳥獣保護区一覧 |trans-title=List of National Wildlife Protection Areas |language=Japanese |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |date=1 November 2019 |accessdate=8 April 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.env.go.jp/council/12nature/y125-03/mat01_4_3.pdf |script-title=ja:国指定男女群島鳥獣保護区 |trans-title=Danjo Islands National Wildlife Protection Area |language=Japanese |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |accessdate=8 April 2021}} and Important Bird Area.{{cite web |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/danjo-islands-iba-japan |title=Danjo Islands |publisher=BirdLife International |accessdate=8 April 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/danjo-islands--marine-iba-japan |title=Danjo Islands - Marine |publisher=BirdLife International |accessdate=8 April 2021}} Birds found on the islands include the Japanese murrelet, streaked shearwater, brown booby, Ryukyu robin, Japanese wood pigeon, and Pleske's grasshopper warbler.