Kamishima

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Kamishima
Aerial view of the old port facility, 1983
Aerial view of the old port facility, 1983
Waters Philippine Sea
Geographical location 34 ° 32 '48 "  N , 136 ° 58' 55"  E Coordinates: 34 ° 32 '48 "  N , 136 ° 58' 55"  E
Kamishima (Mie Prefecture)
Kamishima
length 1.3 km
width 1 km
surface 76 ha
Highest elevation Tōmei-yama
170.7  m
Residents 440 (2011)
579 inhabitants / km²
main place Kamishima-chō, Toba

Kamishima ( Japanese 神 島 ) is a Japanese island at the exit of Ise Bay in the Philippine Sea .

The island gained fame as the setting for the novel Shiosai by Yukio Mishima , which was also published in German under the title The Surf .

geography

Kamishima is located in the Irago Strait ( 伊 良 湖水 道 , Irago-suidō ) which forms the exit of the Ise Bay, 4 km southwest of the Irago Cape ( 伊 良 湖 岬 , Irago-misaki ) of the Atsumi Peninsula and 12 km northeast of the opposite Shima -Peninsula or 7 km east of the last-mentioned peninsula offshore island Tōshi-jima .

The 1.3 km long and 1.0 km wide island has a circumference of 3.9 km and an area of ​​0.76 km². The 170.7 m high Tōmei-yama ( 灯 明 山 ) forms the east of the island .

The island belongs to the municipality of Toba on the Shima peninsula and forms the district of Kamishima-chō. The 440 inhabitants in 182 households (as of: 2011 census) settle mainly at the northwest foot of the Tōmei-yama, while the primary and middle school is located at the south foot.

Web links

Commons : Kamishima  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 鳥羽 市 神 島 . (No longer available online.) Mie Prefecture, archived from the original on May 1, 2016 ; Retrieved December 29, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pref.mie.lg.jp
  2. ↑ 愛 知 県 ・ 三重 県 の 水道 . Kaijō Hoan-chō , accessed August 1, 2016 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ own measurements, without including the port facility
  4. ↑ 鳥羽 市 市 勢 要 覧 ・ 資料 編 . (PDF; 421 kB) Toba City, 2014, accessed on August 1, 2016 (Japanese).
  5. ↑ official topographic map
  6. ↑ 離島 ガ イ ド ブ ッ ク ・ 神 島 . (No longer available online.) Toba City, archived from the original on August 1, 2016 ; Retrieved August 1, 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.city.toba.mie.jp
  7. ↑ 鳥羽 の 離島 へ よ う こ そ ・ 神 島 . Toba City, May 2, 2012, accessed August 1, 2016 (Japanese).