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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 298 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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IKI , an See also:

island belonging to See also:Japan, lying off the See also:north-western See also:coast of Kiushiu, in 330 45' N. See also:lat. and 1290 40' E. See also:long. It has a circumference of 86 m., an See also:area of 51 sq. m., and a See also:population of 36,530. The island is, for the most See also:part, a tableland about 500 ft. above See also:sea-level. The anchorage is at Gonoura, on the See also:south-See also:west. A part of Kublai See also:Khan's See also:Mongols landed at Iki when about to invade Japan in the 13th See also:century, for it lies in the See also:direct route from See also:Korea to Japan via Tsushima. In the immediate vicinity are several rocky islets.

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