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Hashima Island 端島

Hashima Island is one of the component parts of Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2015. Abandoned island lying about 15 kilometres (9 miles) from the city of Nagasaki, in southern Japan. Abandoned concrete buildings and the surrounding sea wall..

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Hashima Island — 端島
Photo: Hisagi (氷鷺) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Part ofSites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution: Iron and Steel, Shipbuilding and Coal Mining (UNESCO, 2015)
LocationNagasaki (長崎県)
Coordinates32.62778, 129.73833 · Open in Google Maps
Official websitehttp://www.gunkanjima-nagasaki.jp/

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