Cape Sata (佐多岬, ''Sata Misaki'') is a cape at the southern tip of the
Ōsumi Peninsula
261x261px, Satellite image of Ōsumi Peninsula
The projects south from the Japanese island of Kyūshū and includes the southernmost point on the island, Cape Sata. Its east coast lies on the Pacific Ocean, while to the west it faces the Satsu ...
of Kyūshū island, Japan, and is the southernmost point of the island, just south of 31 degrees latitude.
Cape Sata is home to a lighthouse built in 1871, designed by the Scotsman
Richard Henry Brunton
Richard Henry Brunton FRGS MICE (26 December 1841 – 24 April 1901) was the so-called "Father of Japanese lighthouses". Brunton was born in Muchalls, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was employed by the government of Meiji period Japan as a ...
.
Prior to 2013, the land was under the jurisdiction of a private company, and cost 300 yen to enter with open hours between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
However, Sata is now free to enter, and its abandoned restaurant and observation deck have since been torn down.
Alan Booth
Alan Booth (5 December 194624 January 1993) (''
Cape Sōya
is the northernmost point of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. It is situated in Wakkanai, Sōya Subprefecture. The is at the cape, although the true northernmost point under Japanese control is a small deserted island called Bentenjima, nort ...
at the northern tip of Hokkaidō south to Cape Sata.
Gallery
File:Satamisaki Line 31.JPG, Monument at latitude 31°N
File:Satamisaki observatory.JPG, Cape Sata Observatory
File:Satamisaki Park View Kagoshima001.JPG, Cape Sata lighthouse from Sata-misaki Observation Park
File:Satamisaki kaimondake.JPG, Mount Kaimon on the Satsuma Peninsula over the sea
File:Satamisaki roadpark.JPG, Satamisaki Road Park
Sata
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