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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 298 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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IKI  , an

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island belonging to
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Japan, lying off the
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north-western
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coast of Kiushiu, in 330 45' N.
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lat. and 1290 40' E.
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long . It has a circumference of 86 m., an
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area of 51 sq. m., and a
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population of 36,530 . The island is, for the most
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part, a tableland about 500 ft. above
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sea-level . The anchorage is at Gonoura, on the
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south-
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west . A part of Kublai
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Khan's
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Mongols landed at Iki when about to invade Japan in the 13th
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century, for it lies in the
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direct route from
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Korea to Japan via Tsushima . In the immediate vicinity are several rocky islets .

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