Ryukyu Islands (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Ryukyu Islands" in English language version.

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apjjf.org (Global: 8,476^th place; English: 5,338^th place)

Rabson 2008, p. 4. Rabson, Steve (February 2008). "Okinawan Perspectives on Japan's Imperial Institution". The Asia-Pacific Journal. 6 (2). Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

archive.today (Global: 14^th place; English: 14^th place)

"『奄美群島』を決定地名に採用". Geospatial Information Agency of Japan. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
"(りゅうきゅう〔リウキウ〕【琉球】)". Daijisen dictionary / Yahoo Japan. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
"Ryūkyū Shotō (りゅうきゅう-しょとう【琉球諸島】)". Daijisen dictionary / Yahoo Japan. Archived from the original on 2012-07-09. Retrieved 2007-05-04.
Masami Ito (May 12, 2009). "OKINAWA: Between a rock and a hard place". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2011.

biodiversitylibrary.org (Global: 387^th place; English: 373^rd place)

Inger, Robert F. (1947). "Preliminary survey of the amphibians of the Riu Kiu Islands". Fieldiana:Zool. Vol. 32. The Field Museum. pp. 297–352. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

biorxiv.org (Global: 5,061^st place; English: 5,698^th place)

Komaki, Shohei; Igawa, Takeshi (2017). "The widespread misconception about the Japanese major biogeographic boundary, the Watase Line (Tokara Gap), revealed by bibliographic and beta diversity analysis" (PDF). biorxiv.org. doi:10.1101/186775. S2CID 35101864. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Kang, David C. (2010). East Asia Before the West: Five Centuries of Trade and Tribute, p. 81., p. 81, at Google Books
Klaproth, Julius. (1832). San&pg=PA169 kokf tsou ran to sets, ou Aperçu général des trois royaumes, pp. 169–180 Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine.
Ross, J.M. (editor) (1878). "Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information" Archived 2016-06-24 at the Wayback Machine, Vol. IV, Edinburgh-Scotland, Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, retrieved from Google Books 2009-03-18
Minahan, James B. (2014), Ethnic Groups of North, East, and Central Asia: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, pp. 231–233, ISBN 978-1-61069-018-8, archived from the original on 2020-06-07, retrieved 2019-10-18
Christy 2004, p. 173–175. Christy, Alan S. (2004). "The making of imperial subjects in Okinawa". In Weiner, Michael (ed.). Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern Japan: Imagined and imaginary minorities. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-20857-4. Archived from the original on 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
Caprio 2014, p. 49–50, 63, 66–67. Caprio, Mark (2014). Japanese Assimilation Policies in Colonial Korea, 1910–1945. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-99040-8. Archived from the original on 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
Inoue 2017, p. 3. Inoue, Masamichi S. (2017). Okinawa and the U.S. Military: Identity Making in the Age of Globalization. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51114-8. Archived from the original on 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

britannica.com (Global: 40^th place; English: 58^th place)

"Ryukyu Islands". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2012-01-04.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Miller, Maya S. (2006). "Spatial and temporal evolution of the subducting Pacific plate structure along the western Pacific margin". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 111 (B09401) 2005JB003705. Bibcode:2006JGRB..111.2401M. doi:10.1029/2005JB003705. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
Hsu, Yen‑Ju (2012). "The potential for a great earthquake along the southernmost Ryukyu subduction zone". Geophysical Research Letters. 39 (19) 2012GL052764: L19301. Bibcode:2012GeoRL..3914302H. doi:10.1029/2012GL052764. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
"Report on Kikai (Japan) — July 2012". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN201207-282060. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
Kawagucci, Shinsuke (2013). "Post‑drilling changes in fluid discharge pattern, mineral deposition, and fluid chemistry in the Iheya North hydrothermal field, Okinawa Trough". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 14 (11): 4774–4790. Bibcode:2013GGG....14.4774K. doi:10.1002/2013GC004895. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
Nishimura, Takuya (2014-10-11). "Short‑term slow slip events along the Ryukyu Trench, southwestern Japan, observed by continuous GNSS". Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 1 (1) 22. Bibcode:2014PEPS....1...22N. doi:10.1186/s40645-014-0022-5.
Nakamura, Mamoru (2015). "Activation of very low frequency earthquakes by slow slip events in the Ryukyu Trench". Geophysical Research Letters. 42 (7): 1076–1082. Bibcode:2015GeoRL..42.1076N. doi:10.1002/2014GL062929. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
Nakamura, Mamoru (2006). "Source Fault Model of the 1771 Yaeyama Tsunami, Southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Inferred from Numerical Simulation". Pure and Applied Geophysics. 163 (1): 41–54. Bibcode:2006PApGe.163...41N. doi:10.1007/s00024-005-0007-9. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
Okamura, Yukinobu; Nishizawa, Azusa; Fujii, Yushiro; Yanagisawa, Hideaki (2018-09-11). "Accretionary prism collapse: a new hypothesis on the source of the 1771 giant tsunami in the Ryukyu Arc, SW Japan". Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 13620. Bibcode:2018NatSR...813620O. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31956-8. PMC 6134009. PMID 30206405.
Komaki, Shohei; Igawa, Takeshi (2017). "The widespread misconception about the Japanese major biogeographic boundary, the Watase Line (Tokara Gap), revealed by bibliographic and beta diversity analysis" (PDF). biorxiv.org. doi:10.1101/186775. S2CID 35101864. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
Morrone, Juan; Finch, Malte (2022-07-04). "Toward a terrestrial biogeographical regionalisation of the world: historical notes, characterisation and area nomenclature". Australian Systematic Botany. 35 (3): 89–126. Bibcode:2022AuSyB..35...89M. doi:10.1071/SB22002.
Bassi, Davide; Iryu, Yasufumi; Kinoshita, Shunichi; Fujita, Kazuhiko; Pignatti, Johannes (2023-10-15). Elliot, M. (ed.). "A new species of the larger porcelaneous foraminifer Borelis provides novel insights into Neogene to Recent western Pacific palaeobiogeographical dispersal patterns". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 628 (111764) 111764. Bibcode:2023PPP...62811764B. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111764. hdl:11392/2522252. ISSN 0031-0182.

dw.com (Global: 204^th place; English: 353^rd place)

Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Taiwan wants a say in Senkaku talks | DW | 09.04.2013". DW.COM. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

env.go.jp (Global: 2,490^th place; English: 6,442^nd place)

"Nature in Japan; 2-1) Topography; 2-1-1) Geographical Features and Geological History" (PDF). www.env.go.jp. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2022-03-09.

gsi.go.jp (Global: 2,264^th place; English: 8,519^th place)

"『奄美群島』を決定地名に採用". Geospatial Information Agency of Japan. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2011.

handle.net (Global: 102^nd place; English: 76^th place)

hdl.handle.net

Bassi, Davide; Iryu, Yasufumi; Kinoshita, Shunichi; Fujita, Kazuhiko; Pignatti, Johannes (2023-10-15). Elliot, M. (ed.). "A new species of the larger porcelaneous foraminifer Borelis provides novel insights into Neogene to Recent western Pacific palaeobiogeographical dispersal patterns". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 628 (111764) 111764. Bibcode:2023PPP...62811764B. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111764. hdl:11392/2522252. ISSN 0031-0182.

harvard.edu (Global: 18^th place; English: 17^th place)

ui.adsabs.harvard.edu

Miller, Maya S. (2006). "Spatial and temporal evolution of the subducting Pacific plate structure along the western Pacific margin". Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 111 (B09401) 2005JB003705. Bibcode:2006JGRB..111.2401M. doi:10.1029/2005JB003705. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
Hsu, Yen‑Ju (2012). "The potential for a great earthquake along the southernmost Ryukyu subduction zone". Geophysical Research Letters. 39 (19) 2012GL052764: L19301. Bibcode:2012GeoRL..3914302H. doi:10.1029/2012GL052764. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
Kawagucci, Shinsuke (2013). "Post‑drilling changes in fluid discharge pattern, mineral deposition, and fluid chemistry in the Iheya North hydrothermal field, Okinawa Trough". Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 14 (11): 4774–4790. Bibcode:2013GGG....14.4774K. doi:10.1002/2013GC004895. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
Nishimura, Takuya (2014-10-11). "Short‑term slow slip events along the Ryukyu Trench, southwestern Japan, observed by continuous GNSS". Progress in Earth and Planetary Science. 1 (1) 22. Bibcode:2014PEPS....1...22N. doi:10.1186/s40645-014-0022-5.
Nakamura, Mamoru (2015). "Activation of very low frequency earthquakes by slow slip events in the Ryukyu Trench". Geophysical Research Letters. 42 (7): 1076–1082. Bibcode:2015GeoRL..42.1076N. doi:10.1002/2014GL062929. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
Nakamura, Mamoru (2006). "Source Fault Model of the 1771 Yaeyama Tsunami, Southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Inferred from Numerical Simulation". Pure and Applied Geophysics. 163 (1): 41–54. Bibcode:2006PApGe.163...41N. doi:10.1007/s00024-005-0007-9. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
Okamura, Yukinobu; Nishizawa, Azusa; Fujii, Yushiro; Yanagisawa, Hideaki (2018-09-11). "Accretionary prism collapse: a new hypothesis on the source of the 1771 giant tsunami in the Ryukyu Arc, SW Japan". Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 13620. Bibcode:2018NatSR...813620O. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31956-8. PMC 6134009. PMID 30206405.
Morrone, Juan; Finch, Malte (2022-07-04). "Toward a terrestrial biogeographical regionalisation of the world: historical notes, characterisation and area nomenclature". Australian Systematic Botany. 35 (3): 89–126. Bibcode:2022AuSyB..35...89M. doi:10.1071/SB22002.
Bassi, Davide; Iryu, Yasufumi; Kinoshita, Shunichi; Fujita, Kazuhiko; Pignatti, Johannes (2023-10-15). Elliot, M. (ed.). "A new species of the larger porcelaneous foraminifer Borelis provides novel insights into Neogene to Recent western Pacific palaeobiogeographical dispersal patterns". Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology. 628 (111764) 111764. Bibcode:2023PPP...62811764B. doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2023.111764. hdl:11392/2522252. ISSN 0031-0182.

interridge.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

vents-data.interridge.org

"North Knoll, Iheya Ridge". InterRidge Vents Database. InterRidge. Retrieved 2025-08-24.

jamstec.go.jp (Global: low place; English: low place)

"DEEP HOT BIOSPHERE: IODP Expedition 331 findings". JAMSTEC. Japan Agency for Marine‑Earth Science and Technology. 2011. Retrieved 2025-08-24.

japanfocus.org (Global: 9,840^th place; English: 6,572^nd place)

Lin, Man-houng Lin. "The Ryukyus and Taiwan in the East Asian Seas: A Longue Durée Perspective" Archived 2014-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. October 27, 2006, translated and abridged from Academia Sinica Weekly, No. 1084. 24 August 2006.

japantimes.co.jp (Global: 389^th place; English: 273^rd place)

search.japantimes.co.jp

Masami Ito (May 12, 2009). "OKINAWA: Between a rock and a hard place". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012. Retrieved March 1, 2011.

mlit.go.jp (Global: 632^nd place; English: 2,764^th place)

www1.kaiho.mlit.go.jp

Ajiro Tatsuhiko and Warita Ikuo, Waga kuni no kōiki na chimei oyobi sono han'i ni tsuite no chōsa kenkyū (The geographical names and those extents of the wide areas in Japan), Kaiyō Jōhōbu Gihō, Vol. 27, 2009.online edition Archived 2019-05-18 at the Wayback Machine

nanzan-u.ac.jp (Global: low place; English: 7,683^rd place)

nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp

"Edward E. Bollinger. ([[Wiktionary:circa |c]]. 1965). The Unity of Government and Religion in the Ryukyu Islands to 1,500 A.D.". Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2017-08-21.

nih.gov (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Okamura, Yukinobu; Nishizawa, Azusa; Fujii, Yushiro; Yanagisawa, Hideaki (2018-09-11). "Accretionary prism collapse: a new hypothesis on the source of the 1771 giant tsunami in the Ryukyu Arc, SW Japan". Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 13620. Bibcode:2018NatSR...813620O. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31956-8. PMC 6134009. PMID 30206405.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Okamura, Yukinobu; Nishizawa, Azusa; Fujii, Yushiro; Yanagisawa, Hideaki (2018-09-11). "Accretionary prism collapse: a new hypothesis on the source of the 1771 giant tsunami in the Ryukyu Arc, SW Japan". Scientific Reports. 8 (1): 13620. Bibcode:2018NatSR...813620O. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31956-8. PMC 6134009. PMID 30206405.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Perlez, Jane (June 13, 2013). "Sentiment Builds in China to Press Claim for Okinawa". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2013.

oed.com (Global: 360^th place; English: 231^st place)

"Ryukyu". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)

okinawahai.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Okinawa Hai – Kudaka Island". Okinawa Hai. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.

otenki.co.jp (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Radar AMeDAS Live: Amami-Okinawa Region (レーダーアメダス実況奄美・沖縄地方)". Weather Service Inc. (ウェザー・サービス株式会社). Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2007-05-06.

researchgate.net (Global: 120^th place; English: 125^th place)

Dubinsky & Davies 2013, p. 15–16. Dubinsky, Stanley; Davies, William (2013). Steven Heine (ed.). "Language Conflict and Language Rights: The Ainu, Ryūkyūans, and Koreans in Japan". Japan Studies Review. 17. ISSN 1550-0713. Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2020-07-15.

reuters.com (Global: 49^th place; English: 47^th place)

Rajagopalan, Megha (May 9, 2013). "China criticizes Japan's protest over question of Okinawa sovereignty". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2013.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 11^th place; English: 8^th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

Komaki, Shohei; Igawa, Takeshi (2017). "The widespread misconception about the Japanese major biogeographic boundary, the Watase Line (Tokara Gap), revealed by bibliographic and beta diversity analysis" (PDF). biorxiv.org. doi:10.1101/186775. S2CID 35101864. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

si.edu (Global: 340^th place; English: 295^th place)

volcano.si.edu

"Global Volcanism Program | Iwo-Tori-shima | Summary". Volcano.si.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
"Report on Suwanosejima (Japan) — 30 July–5 August 2025". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2025-08-24.
"Report on Kikai (Japan) — July 2012". Global Volcanism Program. Smithsonian Institution. doi:10.5479/si.GVP.BGVN201207-282060. Retrieved 2025-08-24.

spf.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Climate of the Senkaku Islands (Climate Classification and Weather Conditions)". the opri center of island studies. February 17, 2015. Archived from the original on July 11, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.

springer.com (Global: 274^th place; English: 309^th place)

link.springer.com

Nakamura, Mamoru (2006). "Source Fault Model of the 1771 Yaeyama Tsunami, Southern Ryukyu Islands, Japan, Inferred from Numerical Simulation". Pure and Applied Geophysics. 163 (1): 41–54. Bibcode:2006PApGe.163...41N. doi:10.1007/s00024-005-0007-9. Retrieved 2025-08-24.

thediplomat.com (Global: 1,382^nd place; English: 876^th place)

Aspinwall, Nick. "Taiwan President Asserts Sovereignty Over Disputed Islands Claimed by Japan and China". thediplomat.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

u-ryukyu.ac.jp (Global: low place; English: low place)

ryukyu-lang.lib.u-ryukyu.ac.jp

"語彙詳細 ― 首里・那覇方言". University of the Ryukyus. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
"語彙詳細 ― 今帰仁方言". University of the Ryukyus. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
Or, rarely, Duuchuu (ドゥーチュー). "語彙詳細 ― 首里・那覇方言". University of the Ryukyus. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-01-01.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

"Climate of the Senkaku Islands (Climate Classification and Weather Conditions)". the opri center of island studies. February 17, 2015. Archived from the original on July 11, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
Ajiro Tatsuhiko and Warita Ikuo, Waga kuni no kōiki na chimei oyobi sono han'i ni tsuite no chōsa kenkyū (The geographical names and those extents of the wide areas in Japan), Kaiyō Jōhōbu Gihō, Vol. 27, 2009.online edition Archived 2019-05-18 at the Wayback Machine
"Global Volcanism Program | Iwo-Tori-shima | Summary". Volcano.si.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2013-05-09.
"Ryukyu Islands". Britannica Online Encyclopedia. Archived from the original on 2015-04-30. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
"語彙詳細 ― 首里・那覇方言". University of the Ryukyus. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
"語彙詳細 ― 今帰仁方言". University of the Ryukyus. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
Or, rarely, Duuchuu (ドゥーチュー). "語彙詳細 ― 首里・那覇方言". University of the Ryukyus. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2012-01-01.
"Radar AMeDAS Live: Amami-Okinawa Region (レーダーアメダス実況奄美・沖縄地方)". Weather Service Inc. (ウェザー・サービス株式会社). Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
"Okinawa Hai – Kudaka Island". Okinawa Hai. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2016.
Lin, Man-houng Lin. "The Ryukyus and Taiwan in the East Asian Seas: A Longue Durée Perspective" Archived 2014-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus. October 27, 2006, translated and abridged from Academia Sinica Weekly, No. 1084. 24 August 2006.
Rajagopalan, Megha (May 9, 2013). "China criticizes Japan's protest over question of Okinawa sovereignty". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
Perlez, Jane (June 13, 2013). "Sentiment Builds in China to Press Claim for Okinawa". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
Welle (www.dw.com), Deutsche. "Taiwan wants a say in Senkaku talks | DW | 09.04.2013". DW.COM. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
Aspinwall, Nick. "Taiwan President Asserts Sovereignty Over Disputed Islands Claimed by Japan and China". thediplomat.com. Archived from the original on 2021-05-06. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
Klaproth, Julius. (1832). San&pg=PA169 kokf tsou ran to sets, ou Aperçu général des trois royaumes, pp. 169–180 Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine.
Ross, J.M. (editor) (1878). "Globe Encyclopaedia of Universal Information" Archived 2016-06-24 at the Wayback Machine, Vol. IV, Edinburgh-Scotland, Thomas C. Jack, Grange Publishing Works, retrieved from Google Books 2009-03-18
Minahan, James B. (2014), Ethnic Groups of North, East, and Central Asia: An Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO, pp. 231–233, ISBN 978-1-61069-018-8, archived from the original on 2020-06-07, retrieved 2019-10-18
Christy 2004, p. 173–175. Christy, Alan S. (2004). "The making of imperial subjects in Okinawa". In Weiner, Michael (ed.). Race, Ethnicity and Migration in Modern Japan: Imagined and imaginary minorities. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-20857-4. Archived from the original on 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
Rabson 2008, p. 4. Rabson, Steve (February 2008). "Okinawan Perspectives on Japan's Imperial Institution". The Asia-Pacific Journal. 6 (2). Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
Dubinsky & Davies 2013, p. 15–16. Dubinsky, Stanley; Davies, William (2013). Steven Heine (ed.). "Language Conflict and Language Rights: The Ainu, Ryūkyūans, and Koreans in Japan". Japan Studies Review. 17. ISSN 1550-0713. Archived from the original on 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
Caprio 2014, p. 49–50, 63, 66–67. Caprio, Mark (2014). Japanese Assimilation Policies in Colonial Korea, 1910–1945. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-99040-8. Archived from the original on 2021-05-19. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
Inoue 2017, p. 3. Inoue, Masamichi S. (2017). Okinawa and the U.S. Military: Identity Making in the Age of Globalization. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-51114-8. Archived from the original on 2017-02-17. Retrieved 2020-07-15.
"Edward E. Bollinger. ([[Wiktionary:circa |c]]. 1965). The Unity of Government and Religion in the Ryukyu Islands to 1,500 A.D.". Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
Komaki, Shohei; Igawa, Takeshi (2017). "The widespread misconception about the Japanese major biogeographic boundary, the Watase Line (Tokara Gap), revealed by bibliographic and beta diversity analysis" (PDF). biorxiv.org. doi:10.1101/186775. S2CID 35101864. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
"Nature in Japan; 2-1) Topography; 2-1-1) Geographical Features and Geological History" (PDF). www.env.go.jp. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2022-03-09.
Inger, Robert F. (1947). "Preliminary survey of the amphibians of the Riu Kiu Islands". Fieldiana:Zool. Vol. 32. The Field Museum. pp. 297–352. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2012.

wikisource.org (Global: 27^th place; English: 51^st place)

en.wikisource.org

Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Luchu Archipelago" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 99.

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