LocationampTopography
NAHA, OKINAWA
LOCATION AND TOPOGRAPHY
Okinawa is the principal island in the Ryukyu Islands chain that extends in an arc from off the northeastern coast of Taiwan to the southern end of Kyushu. This chain of islands forms the southeastern boundary of the East China Sea. Okinawa is located 350 nmi south of Kyushu or approximately in the middle of the Ryukyu chain.
Oriented roughly northeast to southwest, Okinawa is 58 nmi long and 2.6 to 17 nmi wide. The northern part of the island is rugged, mountainous, and wooded, with few inhabitants and very little cultivated land. The southern part consists of hills and plateaus highly cultivated and thickly settled. The topography of Okinawa is depicted in Figure V-91. Naha, the principal port of Okinawa, is located on the southwestern coast of the island at 26°13'N, 127°41'E. Refer to paragraph 7.1 of the Buckner Bay Port Study.
Figure V-92 indicates that Naha Harbor is unprotected to the northwest but receives some protection from hills less than 250 ft to the north and south. More protection is available to the east.
Source: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/port_studies/thh-nc/japan/naha/text/sect1.htm
