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Lot's Wife (crag)

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Lot's Wife (crag)

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Lot's Wife (Sōfu-iwa or Sōfugan, "Widow Rock") is a volcanic desert island located in the Philippine Sea approximately 650 kilometres (400 mi) south off the coast of Tokyo, at the southernmost tip of the Izu archipelago, Japan. Though only 0.01 km2 (0.004 sq mi) in area, it reaches almost 100 metres (330 ft) in height.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.

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