OKI ISLANDS UNESCO
GLOBAL GEOPARK
Geohistory - Rocks from Volcanic Islands Period
Geosites / Okinoshima Town
The fishing port of Yui features the widest wave-cut bench in Dōgo Island, called Yui Maenosu (Yui Intertidal Shore Platform). It was formed by lacustrine rock from 20 million years ago that continues to be eroded by the wind and waves of the Sea of Japan.
Mantle Xenoliths, Kuboro Coast
You can see various types of rocks …
Ichnofossils, Shimazushima Island
Here you can see fossilized burrows…
Scoria Cone, Akiya Coast
The red rock that composes this cli…
Kawai Springs
Along the road, where a line of …
