Cape Kamui

Cape Kamui
神威岬 (Kamui misaki)
Cape
Cape Kamui on the Shakotan Peninsula
Cape Kamui on the Shakotan Peninsula
Cape Kamui is located in Japan
Cape Kamui
Cape Kamui
Coordinates: 43°19′48.35″N 140°21′12.51″E / 43.3300972°N 140.3534750°E / 43.3300972; 140.3534750
LocationHokkaido, Japan
Offshore water bodiesSea of Japan

Cape Kamui (神威岬, Kamui misaki) is located on the western part of Shakotan, Hokkaido, Japan.[1] Its lighthouse, the Cape Kamui Lighthouse, overlooks the Sea of Japan. An earthquake off the cape on 2 August 1940 resulted in a tsunami that killed ten people.[2]

  • East bank
    East bank
  • West bank
    West bank
  • Entrance
    Entrance
  • Radio tower
    Radio tower
  • Cape Kamui Lighthouse
    Cape Kamui Lighthouse

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tourism in Shakotan". Shakotan Town. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  2. ^ Kagami Hiroshi (2006). "1940.8.2神威岬沖地震の被害に関する文献調査(災害)". Journal of Architecture and Building Science. 24 (12). Architectural Institute of Japan: 457–460.

Media related to Cape Kamui at Wikimedia Commons


Stub icon

This Hokkaidō location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.