Iwo To (硫黄島, Iō-tō", "sulfur island"), known in English as Iwo Jima (/ˈiːwɵ ˈdʒiːmə/  listen ), is an island of the Japanese Volcano Islands chain south of the Ogasawara Islands and together with them form the Ogasawara Archipelago also known as the Bonin Islands. The island of eight square miles (21 km²) is 650 nautical miles (750 mi; 1,200 km) south of mainland Tokyo and is administered as part of Ogasawara, one of the eight villages of Tokyo (though it is uninhabited). It is famous as the setting of the February–March 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and the Empire of Japan during World War II. The island grew in recognition in the west when the iconic photograph Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima was taken on Mount Suribachi, the highest point at 528 feet (160 m), during the battle by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal. The U.S.