See also:

• VOLCANO

VOLCANO ISLANDS  , three small islands in the western Pacific Ocean, S. of the Bonin Islands, forming See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• JAPANESE

Japanese See also:

• EMPIRE

empire (annexed in 1891) . They are also known as the See also:

• MAGELLAN, FERDINAND (in Sp. FERNANDO MAGALLANES, in Port. FERNAO DE MAGALHAES) (c. 1480-152I)

Magellan See also:

• ARCHIPELAGO

Archipelago, and in See also:

• JAPAN

Japan as Kwazan-retto (See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of volcanic islands) . They are situated between 24° and 26° N. and 141° and 142° E . Their names are Kita-iwojima (Santo Alessandro), Iwo-jima (See also:

• SULPHUR

Sulphur) and Minamiiwo-jima (Santo See also:

• AGOSTINO
• AGOSTINO, or AGOSTINI [AUGUSTINUS], PAOLO (1593-1629)

Agostino) . Kita-iwo-jima--which, as its name (kita) implies, is the most northerly of the three—rises 2520 ft. above the See also:

• WATER

water, and Minami-iwo-jima, the most southerly, to a height of 3021 11 . The islands are not inhabited . With this See also:

• GROUP

group is sometimes included another See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, Arzobispo, nearer the Bonin group .