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The {{Nihongo|'''Tsugaru Strait'''|津軽海峡|Tsugaru Kaikyō}} is a [[strait]] between [[Honshu]] and [[Hokkaido]] in northern Japan connecting the [[Sea of Japan]] with the Pacific Ocean. It was named after the western part of [[Aomori Prefecture]]. The [[Seikan Tunnel]] passes under it at its narrowest point 12.1 miles (19.5 km) between Tappi Misaki on the [[Tsugaru Peninsula]] in [[Aomori Prefecture]], Honshu, and Shirakami Misaki on the [[Matsumae Peninsula]] in Hokkaido. |
The {{Nihongo|'''Tsugaru Strait'''|津軽海峡|Tsugaru Kaikyō}} is a [[strait]] between [[Honshu]] and [[Hokkaido]] in northern Japan connecting the [[Sea of Japan]] with the [[Pacific Ocean]]. It was named after the western part of [[Aomori Prefecture]]. The [[Seikan Tunnel]] passes under it at its narrowest point 12.1 miles (19.5 km) between Tappi Misaki on the [[Tsugaru Peninsula]] in [[Aomori Prefecture]], Honshu, and Shirakami Misaki on the [[Matsumae Peninsula]] in Hokkaido. |
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Japan's territorial waters extend to three nautical miles (5.6 km) into the strait instead of the usual twelve, reportedly to allow [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear]]-armed [[United States Navy]] warships and submarines to transit the strait without violating Japan's prohibition against nuclear weapons in its territory.<ref>[[Kyodo News]], "[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090622a1.html Japan left key straits open for U.S. nukes]", ''[[The Japan Times]]'', June 22, 2009.</ref> |
Japan's territorial waters extend to three nautical miles (5.6 km) into the strait instead of the usual twelve, reportedly to allow [[Nuclear weapon|nuclear]]-armed [[United States Navy]] warships and submarines to transit the strait without violating Japan's prohibition against nuclear weapons in its territory.<ref>[[Kyodo News]], "[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090622a1.html Japan left key straits open for U.S. nukes]", ''[[The Japan Times]]'', June 22, 2009.</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:50, 1 June 2016
The Tsugaru Strait (津軽海峡, Tsugaru Kaikyō) is a strait between Honshu and Hokkaido in northern Japan connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean. It was named after the western part of Aomori Prefecture. The Seikan Tunnel passes under it at its narrowest point 12.1 miles (19.5 km) between Tappi Misaki on the Tsugaru Peninsula in Aomori Prefecture, Honshu, and Shirakami Misaki on the Matsumae Peninsula in Hokkaido.
Japan's territorial waters extend to three nautical miles (5.6 km) into the strait instead of the usual twelve, reportedly to allow nuclear-armed United States Navy warships and submarines to transit the strait without violating Japan's prohibition against nuclear weapons in its territory.[1]
The Tsugaru Strait has eastern and western necks, both approximately 20 km across with maximum depths of 200 m and 140 m respectively.[2]
In the past, the most common way for passengers and freight to cross the strait was on ferries, approximately a four-hour journey.
On September 26, 1954, 1,172 lives were lost when the ferry Tōya Maru sank in the strait.[3]
Thomas Blakiston, an English explorer and naturalist, noticed that animals in Hokkaido were related to northern Asian species, whereas those on Honshu to the south were related to those from southern Asia. The Tsugaru Strait was therefore established as a major zoogeographical boundary, and became known as the "Blakiston Line".[4]
References
- ^ Kyodo News, "Japan left key straits open for U.S. nukes", The Japan Times, June 22, 2009.
- ^ Tsuji, H., Sawada, T. and Takizawa, M. (1996). "Extraordinary inundation accidents in the Seikan undersea tunnel". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering. 119 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1680/igeng.1996.28131.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Seikan Railroad Ferryboat Accident, Failure Knowledge Database". Japan Science and Technology Agency.
- ^ "Nature in Japan" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan.
External links
Media related to Tsugaru Strait at Wikimedia Commons
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