Ōsumi Peninsula

	Ōsumi Peninsula
	; Landsat image of the Ōsumi Peninsula
	Geographical location
Coordinates	31 ° 21 ′ N , 130 ° 55 ′ E Coordinates: 31 ° 21 ′ N , 130 ° 55 ′ E
Waters 1	Pacific Ocean
Waters 2	Kagoshima Bay
length	70 km
width	20 km
surface	2 541 km²

The Ōsumi Peninsula ( Japanese 大隅半島 , Ōsumi-hantō ) is a peninsula on the southern tip of Kyūshū in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan .

It lies east of Kagoshima and separates the Pacific Ocean in the east from Kagoshima Bay in the west, on the opposite side of which is the Satsuma Peninsula . The peninsula has an area of 2541 km², the width 10-20 km and the length 70 km.

The towns and cities on the peninsula include Tarumizu , Soo , Shibushi, and Kanoya .

Since the eruption of the Sakurajima volcano in 1914, it has been connected to the Ōsumi Peninsula.

Individual evidence

↑ 大隅地域半島振興計画 . Nagasaki Prefecture, Kagoshima Prefecture, December 2005, p. 1 , archived from the original on June 11, 2015 ; Retrieved August 6, 2012 (Japanese).
↑ 鹿児島湾 . In: 世界大百科事典第２版 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved August 6, 2012 (Japanese).

[1] 大隅地域半島振興計画 . Nagasaki Prefecture, Kagoshima Prefecture, December 2005, p. 1 , archived from the original on June 11, 2015 ; Retrieved August 6, 2012 (Japanese).

[2] 鹿児島湾 . In: 世界大百科事典第２版 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved August 6, 2012 (Japanese).