Volcano Islands

American  

plural noun

1. three islands in the W Pacific, belonging to Japan: under U.S. administration 1945–68.

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Volcano Islands British  

plural noun

1. Japanese name: Kazan Retto.  a group of three volcanic islands in the W Pacific, about 1100 km (700 miles) south of Japan: the largest is Iwo Jima, taken by US forces in 1945 and returned to Japan in 1968. Area: about 28 sq km (11 sq miles)

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Example Sentences

Northeast of the Philippines the Volcano Islands, halfway between the southern Marianas and Tokyo, were raided by Major General Willis Hale's Liberators from new bases on Saipan.

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When a treaty is signed this week or next, the U.S. will officially return to the Japanese the Bonin and Volcano Islands, of which Iwo Jima is one, and two other Pacific islands.

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Navy, now undisputed ruler of the western Pacific, would take advantage of the Imperial Navy's eclipse, the Japs reported American surface ships shelling the Volcano Islands, only 750 miles south of Tokyo.

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Sixty-three years after U.S. forces vanquished the Japanese and planted the Stars and Stripes atop Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi, the remote outpost in the Volcano Islands is the focus of another pitched battle.

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Correction Appended: June 10, 2008 Sixty-three years after U.S. forces vanquished the Japanese and planted their flag on Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi, the remote outpost in the Volcano Islands is the focus of another pitched battle.

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