The southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields.
Southernmost of the main islands of Japan, separated from Shikoku and Honshu islands by Bungo Channel and Suo Bay, but connected to Honshu by bridge and rail tunnel
Area 42,150 sq km/16,270 sq mi, including about 370 small islands
Capital Nagasaki
Cities Fukuoka, Kumamoto, Kagoshima
Physical mountainous, volcanic, with subtropical climate
Features the active volcano Aso-take (1,592 m/5,225 ft), with the world’s largest crater
Industries coal, gold, silver, iron, tin, rice, tea, timber
Population (1986) 13,295,000.