![]() ![]() ![]() Archaeologists have tentatively identified this with the large Yayoi period settlement of Harunotsuji, one of the largest to have been discovered in Japan, where artifacts uncovered indicate a close contact with the Japanese islands and the Asian mainland. In the Chinese Wèizhì Wōrén chuán (Japanese 魏志倭人伝, Gishi Wajinden), part of the Records of the Three Kingdoms dating from the third century, mention is made of a country called “Iki”, (一支国, Iki-koku), located on an archipelago east of the Korean Peninsula. ![]() Ikikoku map illustrating the path from the Daifeng commandery to Yamatai, and its distances in the Wajinden. In the Kojiki Iki island is one of the islands Izanagi and Izanami gave birth to. The Iki Islands have been inhabited since the Japanese Paleolithic era, and numerous artifacts from the Jōmon, Yayoi and Kofun periods have been found by archaeologists, indicating continuous human occupation and activity. The archipelago is approximately 20 kilometres (11 nmi) north-northeast of the Kyushu coast at its closest point and southeast of the Tsushima Islands. The average height of the land surface is 100 meters above sea level. The highest elevation is Takenotsuji ( 岳ノ辻), a weakly curved peak with a highest elevation at 212.9 metres (698 ft) above sea level. Iki Island is slightly oval in shape, and measures approximately 17 kilometres (11 mi) from north-south and 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) from east-west. The Iki Islands are volcanic in origin: they are the exposed and eroded basaltic summit of a massive Quaternary stratovolcano last active over 600,000 years ago. Together with the neighboring islands of Tsushima, they are collectively within the borders of the Iki–Tsushima Quasi-National Park. Only four (4) of the twenty-three (23) named islands are permanently inhabited. The islands have a total area of 138.46 square kilometres (53.46 sq mi) with a total population of 28,008. Iki Island ( 壱岐島, Iki-no-shima), or the Iki Archipelago ( 壱岐諸島, Iki-shotō), is an archipelago in the Tsushima Strait, which is administered as the city of Iki in Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan. ![]()
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