Ryukyu Islands 琉球群岛

The Ryukyu Islands/riˈuːkjuː/(琉球诸岛,Ryūkyū-shotō), known in Japanese as the Nansei Islands(南西诸岛,Nansei-shotō, lit. "Southwest Islands") and also known as the Ryukyu Arc(琉球弧,Ryūkyū-ko), are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to ******: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Islands (further divided into the Miyako and Yaeyama Islands), with Yonaguni the southernmost. The larger are mostly high islands and the smaller ones are mostly coral islands. The largest of the islands is Okinawa.