Edateku Island

Edateku Island ({{langx|ja|枝手久島}}) is one of the islands of Amami Islands of Satsunan Islands, Japan. It administratively belongs to Uken Village, Ōshima District, Kagoshima Prefecture. It is a desert island far off the Amami Oshima coast.[https://www.ciea.or.jp/en/history3.html Long-Term Support of the Ford Foundation and the Research on Monkeys] It is said to be an origin of Achalinus werneri, a kind of colubrid snake species.[https://books.google.com/books?id=2VbwCgqs8rkC&dq=edateku+island&pg=PA283 PROCEEDINGS OF The Academy of Natural Science OF PHILADELPHIA]

The island was originally planned to be an oil reserve site in 1970s, but this plan was finally called off as it was strongly opposed by nearby villagers.[https://books.google.com/books?id=LLUpgYAwtl4C&dq=edateku+island&pg=PA201 Myth, Protest and Struggle in Okinawa]