Anyone know where this island is?

[progressoid]

I happened across this. Any ideas?

[Ptah]

1. Aogashima

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aogashima

Aogashima (青ヶ島?) is a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea, administered by Tokyo and located approximately 358 kilometres (222 mi) south of Tokyo and 64 kilometres (40 mi) south of Hachijō-jima. It is the southernmost and most isolated inhabited island of the Izu archipelago.

The village of Aogashima administers the island under Hachijō Subprefecture of Tokyo Metropolis. As of 2009, the island's population was 205. Aogashima is also within the boundaries of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park.

[Agschmid]

3. Wow nice job! n/t

[Ptah]

8. I put the image location in Google search.

"http:// tc.v19.cache3.c.bigcache.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/28485008.jpg"


The google says: For matching images, try search by image

[progressoid]

7. Excellent! Thanks!

These kind of isolated places are fascinating.

I'll never get to go there but it sure is fun to wonder...

[freshwest]

20. Looks like a great place to live.

[Agschmid]

2. Tough one...

I googled "Caldera island with a mine" but it got me no where. I'll keep trying.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. See post #1 for the answer. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. No idea, but it sure is gorgeous!

Looks like a few people live on it too......I see houses scattered on the other side, near the top on the right.

If you find out where it is, please post it, OK? I'd love to see the whole place.

[progressoid]

10. I'm calling my travel agent right now!

Kidding. Maybe I'll win the lottery and then I'll go.

Oh, wait. I don't play the lottery.

[onehandle]

6. Looks fake. The coolest places often do. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. It's not fake. Click on Ptah's link, and you'll see.

The article also contains the same picture.

[onehandle]

23. Yeah, I saw that. nt

[DFW]

11. I'll bet train and bus service is sporadic at best.

The ocean looks pretty, though, in case you fall off a cliff.

[Wait Wut]

14. Looks like a road...

...leading off the edge. Why? Although, if I was forced to live on a remote island I'd probably find myself driving down, and off, that road.

Yes, it is gorgeous, but I'm a city girl and would go batshit in 72 hours.

[Duer 157099]

12. 32.457777, 139.76429

Plug that into Google maps, choose satellite and off you go!

[progressoid]

18. Cool!

Du Rocks!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. I was going to guess the Azores where there's also some spectacular volcanic scenery

When my dad was in the Air Force in the 1950s he landed in the Azores and he said he flew over a new island coming out of the waters of the Atlantic.

[progressoid]

19. Yeah, I'd love to go there too.

I guy can dream right?

[Bucky]

15. Look at this in full few view. It's a sockdropper

You ain't seen it till you've seen the other side.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. Spectacular

Cool that the small island must get enough rainfall to feed a stream and waterfall.

[progressoid]

17. Woooooow!

Just wow

[SwissTony]

21. Stunning. How do you get on there?

You couldn't get there by plane - well, maybe parachute - but how would you get off?

If you land by boat, it looks like you have to some mountaineering skills.

Just gorgeous.

[Gorp]

22. That's Myst.

[Aristus]

25. Beat me to it.

That's what I was going to say...

[Gorp]

26. It was the very first thing to come to mind.

[Art_from_Ark]

24. Here's a view from the other side