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Oki Islands Geopark Logo Mark

Please contact the Oki Islands Geopark Promotion Committee if you wish to use this logo mark.



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5th November 2011
Global Geopark Network Submission
At the 12th Japanese Geopark Committee the Oki Islands Geopark was recommended as the representative of Japan for the Global Geopark Network.

31st August 2011
Logo Mark Application Deadline
Applicant Total: 107. Thank you to everyone for your applications. From these works, the winning logo mark will be selected by the members of the Oki Islands Geopark Committee.

22nd – 24th August
JGC Examination for the Global Geoparks Network
Representatives of the Japanese Geoparks Network came to Oki in order to conduct a local site examination for the Global Geoparks Network. They visited many geosites around Dozen and Dogo during their three day visit.

The Oki Islands are located between the Eurasian Continent and the mainland of Japan. This region is of great interest as its geology is like that of Eurasia, but it is part of Japan. Japan is located in East Asia, the final point of the “Silk Road” where an abundance of culture flowed from the west to the east. A rare feature of the Japanese archipelago is that three plates, the Eurasian Plate, Philippine Sea Plate and Pacific Plate, collide with each other here. The special geology of Oki and the volcanic geology of Japan are of interest around the world.


Oki Islands
The Oki Islands are located around 40-80km off the shore of northern Shimane prefecture in the south-western corner of mainland Japan. Nestled in the Sea of Japan, the Oki Island group consists of four populated islands and around 180 uninhabited islands. The three closest islands to Honshu, the main Japanese island, are collectively called, “Dozen,” while the fourth and largest island is called, “Dogo.”



Unique Features of the Oki Islands Geopark
The Oki Islands were once part of the Eurasian Continent, then at the bottom of a lake and the bottom of the ocean, before finally emerging off the south-west coast of the main Japanese island of Honshu. It has taken tens of thousands of years for these islands to become the outlying islands that they are today. The shift from continent to island has given birth to a unique culture and ecosystem. In the Oki Islands Geopark you can experience, as one, the land born from the earth hundreds of millions of years ago and the unique ecosystem that it gives birth to, as well as the lifestyle and traditions of the people of Oki.


Oki Islands Geopark Promotion Committee
24 Shioguchi, Okinoshima-cho, Oki-gun, Shimane-ken 685-8601, JAPAN
TEL (+81) 08512-2-9636
FAX (+81) 08512-2-9626
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