Hateruma

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Station Characteristics Name : Hateruma Country : Japan GAW Category : Contributing Platform : Ground base Location : 24.06ºN   123.81ºE   10.8m a.m.s.l. Time Zone : UTC +9 Address : Aza-Hateruma 4794, Taketomi-cho, Yaeyama-gun, OKINAWA, 907-1751, Japan Organization : Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies Description : Hateruma Island, a small elliptical island (area, 12.5 km2), is located at the southwestern end of the Japanese Archipelago, 220 km east of Taiwan. It is the southern-most inhabited island of Japan. The station is located at the eastern end of the island. The wind is mainly northerly in winter and southerly in summer.