Mikawa Bay (Landsat photo)
Mikawa Bay (三河湾 ''Mikawa-wan'') is a bay to the south of
Aichi Prefecture,
Japan, surrounded by
Chita Peninsula
Chita Peninsula (知多半島 ''Chita Hantō'') is a peninsula to the south of Aichi Prefecture, central Honshū, Japan. It runs approximately north-south. To the west is Ise Bay
is a bay located at the mouth of the Kiso Three Rivers ...
to the west and
Atsumi Peninsula to the east and south. Its area is approximately 604 km
2. Pollution of the shallow, enclosed waters of the bay has become a concern in recent years.
Islands
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Shinojima
is an inhabited island in Mikawa Bay on the Pacific coast of Japan. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Izu Shotō'',"''Japan Encyclopedia,''. The island is administered as part of the town of Minamichita in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. , the i ...
:ja:篠島
*
Himakajima :ja:日間賀島
*
Sakushima :ja:佐久島
* Tsukumijima
* Nezujima
* Takeshima
:ja:竹島 (愛知県)
* Kajishima
:ja:梶島
* Butsu
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Mikawa Oshima :ja:三河大島
* Mikawa Kojima
* Maeshima
:ja:前島 (愛知県)
* Okishima
:ja:沖島 (愛知県)
* Himeshima
:ja:姫島 (愛知県田原市)
* Nojima
Bays of Japan
Landforms of Aichi Prefecture
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