IKI

iki, an island belonging to japan, lying off the north-western coast of kiushiu, in 33° 45 n. lat. and 129° 40 e. long. it has a circumference of 86 m., an area of 51 sq. m., and a population of 36,530. the island is, for the most part, a tableland about 500 ft. above sea-level. the anchorage is at gonoura, on the south-west. a part of kublai khan's mongols landed at iki when about to invade japan in the 13th century, for it lies in the direct route from korea to japan via tsushima. in the immediate vicinity are several rocky islets.