Beppu Bay

Beppu Bay ; Kantan Bay
	Satellite image of Beppu Bay
Waters	Seto Inland Sea
Land mass	Kyushu
Geographical location	33 ° 20 ' N , 131 ° 38' E Coordinates: 33 ° 20 ' N , 131 ° 38' E
width	approx. 20 km
depth	approx. 20 km
surface	475 km²
Greatest water depth	70 m
Medium water depth	36 m
Tributaries	Ōno-gawa , Ōita-gawa

The Beppu-Bucht ( Japanese 別府湾 , Beppu-wan ), formerly also called Kantan-Bucht ( 菡萏湾 , Kantan-wan , Eng. "Lotosbucht") after its shape reminiscent of a blooming lotus flower , is a bay of the Seto -Inland Sea in the east of the Japanese island of Kyūshū .

Beppu Bay separates the Kunisaki Peninsula in the north from the Saganoseki Peninsula in the south. To the east of the bay, the Iyo-nada marine region joins the Seto Inland Sea. The 475 km² bay has an average water depth of 36 m and measures 70 m at its deepest point. In the north-west of the bay is Morie Bay ( 守江湾 , Morie-wan ; 33 ° 24 ′ 24 ″ N , 131 ° 39 ′ 23 ″ E ), also called Kitsuki Bay ( 杵築湾 , Kitsuki-wan ). Important tributaries include a. the two rivers of the first order Ōno-gawa and Ōita-gawa , which flow into the south of the bay. 33.406666666667 131.65638888889

Geologically, it is believed that the bay is a U-shaped rift valley or caldera .

Along the bay communities extend counterclockwise Kitsuki , Hiji , Beppu and Oita of Oita Prefecture .

Uryu-jima

According to historical sources, the island Uryū-jima ( 瓜生島 ) with a circumference of 12 km was located in the southern part of the bay about 500 m from Ōita . This is said to have flooded the bay with a 4 m high tsunami during the earthquake of September 4, 1596 , and finally sank. However, topographical studies of the sea floor have so far not provided any indications of their existence.

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b 別府湾 . In: ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 15, 2015 (Japanese).
↑ ^a ^b Kyoichi Tamai: Distribution of Two Characteristic Benthos, Lucinoma annulata (Bivalvia) and Aricidea sp. (Polychaeta) in the Innermost and Deeper Part of Beppu Bay . In: Bull. Nansei Reg. Fish. Res. Lab. No. 12 , 1980, pp. 106 ( PDF ).
↑ (5) The Earthquake in Beppu Bay (September 4, 1596, M 7.0). The Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion, accessed March 15, 2015 .
↑ 沈 [しず] んだ島. City of Ōita, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved March 15, 2015 (Japanese, original website no longer available).

[:0-1] 別府湾 . In: ブリタニカ国際大百科事典小項目事典 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 15, 2015 (Japanese).

[:1-2] Kyoichi Tamai: Distribution of Two Characteristic Benthos, Lucinoma annulata (Bivalvia) and Aricidea sp. (Polychaeta) in the Innermost and Deeper Part of Beppu Bay . In: Bull. Nansei Reg. Fish. Res. Lab. No. 12 , 1980, pp. 106 ( PDF ).

[3] (5) The Earthquake in Beppu Bay (September 4, 1596, M 7.0). The Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion, accessed March 15, 2015 .

[4] 沈 [しず] んだ島. City of Ōita, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved March 15, 2015 (Japanese, original website no longer available).