Kakarajima

{{Short description|Japanese island}} {{expand Japanese|topic=geo|加唐島|date=July 2016}} thumb|200px|Kakarajima is the island furthest north on this map {{nihongo|'''Kakarajima''' or '''Kagarashima'''|加唐島}}, also known as '''Kakara''', is an island to the north of Yobuko, which is in the Higashimatsuura District of Saga Prefecture, Japan. It is {{convert|1.75|mi|order=flip}} long from north to south, and three quarters of a mile wide, with steep shores.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/chinaseadirecto00deptgoog |page=[https://archive.org/details/chinaseadirecto00deptgoog/page/n314 301] |chapter=Kagara Sima |title=The China sea directory. |author=Admiralty hydrogr. dept |year=1873}}</ref> In 1884, it was reported that a cable had been laid between Korea and Japan, with an intermediate station on Kagara Island.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fLrmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA146 |page=146 |title=The Electrical journal, Volume 13 |year=1884}}</ref> The island is a protected area for the vulnerable yellow bunting (''Emberiza sulphurata'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=8962 |title=Yellow Bunting Emberiza sulphurata |work=BirdLife International |accessdate=2011-01-12}}</ref>

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Category:Islands of Saga Prefecture Category:Cat islands in Japan