is located on the western part of
Shakotan,
Hokkaido
is the list of islands of Japan by area, second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own list of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates HokkaidÅ fr ...
,
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. Its lighthouse, the
Cape Kamui Lighthouse, overlooks the Sea of Japan. An
earthquake
An earthquakealso called a quake, tremor, or tembloris the shaking of the Earth's surface resulting from a sudden release of energy in the lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes can range in intensity, from those so weak they ...
off the cape on 2 August 1940 resulted in a
tsunami
A tsunami ( ; from , ) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. Earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and underwater explosions (including detonations, ...
that killed ten people.
Gallery
File:130823 Cape Kamui Shakotan Hokkaido Japan08s3.jpg, East bank
File:130823 Cape Kamui Shakotan Hokkaido Japan14s3.jpg, West bank
File:kamui gate.jpg, Entrance
File:Radar at Cape Kamui 01.jpg, Radio tower
File:P7030384.JPG, Cape Kamui Lighthouse
See also
*
Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park
References
External links
Kamui
Hokkaido Heritage
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