Hegura-jima
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| Waters | Japanese sea | |
| Geographical location | 37 ° 51 '0 " N , 136 ° 55' 4" E | |
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| length | 1.6 km | |
| width | 600 m | |
| surface | 55 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 12.4 m | |
| Residents | 164 (2000) 298 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Hegurajima, Amamachi, Wajima | |
Hegura-jima ( Japanese 舳 倉 島 ) is an island in the Sea of Japan , 50 km north of the Noto Peninsula in the Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa .
geography
The island is about 1.6 km long and 0.6 km wide and has an area of 0.55 km² and a coastline of around 5 km. The highest point on the island is 12.4 m high. The island rises gently from the south coast and then drops steeply on the north coast with cliffs up to 10 m high.
The settlement is therefore concentrated on the southern coastal strip. Administratively, the island belongs to the municipality of Wajima and there to the suburb Hegurajima of the district Amamachi at the port, from which it is 50 km away.
The warm Tsushima current ensures mild weather all year round.
fauna
In spring and autumn the island serves as a resting place for more than 300 species of migratory birds , including some species that are rarely found in the rest of Japan, such as the Amur falcon . In 2009, 361 different species of wild birds were counted on the island, which corresponds to 87.4% of all of the prefecture, and around 600 species of birds are assumed for all of Japan. That is why the island, especially the northwest, is designated as a bird sanctuary and part of the Noto-hantō-quasi-national park.
Due to the Tsushima Current, the island is also rich in seafood.
history
Traces of settlement from the Kofun period (3rd to 6th centuries) have been found on the island . In 1594, Ama divers from Kanezaki (now part of Munakata ), more than 700 km away, settled on the Noto Peninsula and in 1649 received the current district of Amamachi (literally: "Ama district") from Wajima as land. They also had the exclusive fishing rights for Hegura-jima and Nanatsujima , where they harvested abalones ( awabi ) and turban snails ( sazae ) over the summer . A major permanent settlement of Hegura-jima only began in the mid-1950s with the establishment of modern infrastructure (electricity, ferry service, seawater desalination ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Ⅰ 総 論 . (No longer available online.) Wajima, p. 3 , formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 30, 2012 (Japanese). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Ⅰ 総 論 . (No longer available online.) Wajima, p. 2 , formerly in the original ; Retrieved September 30, 2012 (Japanese). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b 舳 倉 島 （ヘ グ ラ ジ マ） . (No longer available online.) Wajima, archived from the original on April 6, 2010 ; Retrieved September 30, 2012 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b 舳 倉 島 の 野鳥 . (No longer available online.) Wajima, archived from the original on March 11, 2013 ; Retrieved September 30, 2012 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ 舳 倉 島 へ 提 言 続 々 本社 調査 団 が 最終 報告 会 . (No longer available online.) In: Hokkoku Shimbun. March 26, 2009, archived from the original on June 10, 2012 ; Retrieved September 30, 2012 (Japanese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Arne Kalland: Fishing Villages in Tokugawa Japan . University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1632-3 , pp. 169 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
