Himaka-jima
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| Waters | Mikawa Bay | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 42 '17 " N , 137 ° 0' 14" E | |
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| length | 1.5 km | |
| width | 700 m | |
| surface | 77 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 32 m | |
| Residents | 2051 (2010) 2664 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Himakajima | |
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Himaka-jima ( Japanese 日間 賀 島 ) is a Japanese island in Mikawa Bay .
geography
The 0.77 km² island is located near the exit of Mikawa Bay between the Chita Peninsula in the west, Saku-shima in the northeast and Shinojima in the south. On Himaka-jima, which administratively forms the district of the same name, which was incorporated in 1961 after Minamichita in the Aichi prefecture , there are 2051 (as of 2010) inhabitants living in the two settlements of Higashisato ( 東 里 , dt. "Ostdorf") and Nishisato ( 西里 , German "Westdorf"). Because of the warm climate, olives are also grown on the island. Geologically, the island consists of Neogene layers of sandstone and shale .
300 meters west of Himaka-jima is the island of Nezumi-jima ( 鼠 島 , dt. "Mouse Island"; 34 ° 42 '12 " N , 136 ° 59' 36" E ), as well as 600 to 1000 meters west and east of the rocky reefs built with beacons Kakuishi ( 角 石 ; 34 ° 42 ′ 17 ″ N , 136 ° 59 ′ 15.5 ″ E ), Shimose ( 下 瀬 ; 34 ° 41 ′ 57 ″ N , 136 ° 59 ′ 28.5 ″ E ) and Ōiso ( 大 磯 ; 34 ° 42 ′ 46 ″ N , 137 ° 1 ′ 20 ″ E ).
The island is visited by 230,000 tourists annually, who come for the sandy beaches or the local specialties fugu and octopus (tako).
Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap
Web links
- Island Tourist Board website (Japanese)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c 篠 島 ・ 日間 賀 島 の 概要 . (PDF) Minamichita Congregation, October 2012, pp. 2–3 / 30 , archived from the original on October 17, 2013 ; Retrieved March 21, 2015 (Japanese).
- ↑ 愛 知 の 離島 (資料 編) . (PDF) (No longer available online.) Aichi Prefecture, March 2016, p. 2 , archived from the original on July 30, 2016 ; Retrieved July 30, 2016 (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.
- ↑ 日間 賀 島 . In: 日本 大 百科全書 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 21, 2015 .
