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Tsuru Shima
is part of Okayama Prefecture, Japan. It is a small, uninhabited island located in the Inland Sea of Japan, hidden from the land by the much larger Kakuijima, and approximately 6 km off the border of Hyōgo and Okayama prefectures. During the early Meiji Period the island was used as a penal colony for Christians.〔Kadokawa Dictionary of Japanese Place Names, 33 Okayama Prefecture, 1986.〕 The name means literally "Crane (bird) Island".
== Geography ==
The island is under 400m across. It is roughly triangular with a craggy southeastern side and narrow sandy beaches divided by rocky outcrops on its southwestern and northern shores. A concrete jetty on the northern side and another shorter jetty overlooked by a disused one-room reception building on the southwestern side, are the only signs of previous habitation visible from the sea. Inland there are a few abandoned buildings, all built in the last 50 years or so, which are now falling into ruin. In the northwestern corner of the island there is a well that dates back to the time of the penal colony (in working order at time of writing). The highest point on the island is 49m above sea level. It has an area of 0.1 km2 and 2.1 km of coastline.〔Okayama Prefectural Government. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
http://www.pref.okayama.jp/kikaku/chishin/ritou/06tsurushima/index.html〕
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