Cape Kamui

Cape Kamui
神威岬 (Kamui misaki)

Cape Kamui on the Shakotan Peninsula
Location Hokkaidō, Japan
Coordinates 43°19′48.35″N 140°21′12.51″E / 43.3300972°N 140.3534750°ECoordinates: 43°19′48.35″N 140°21′12.51″E / 43.3300972°N 140.3534750°E
Offshore water bodies Sea of Japan

Cape Kamui (神威岬 Kamui misaki) is located in Shakotan, Hokkaidō, Japan.[1] An earthquake off the cape on 2 August 1940 resulted in a tsunami that killed ten people.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Tourism in Shakotan". Shakotan Town. 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 (Architectural Institute of Japan) 24 (12): 457–460.

External links

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