Mikawa Bay
| Mikawa Bay | ||
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| Waters | Philippine Sea | |
| Land mass | Honshu | |
| Geographical location | 34 ° 46 ′ N , 137 ° 5 ′ E | |
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| length | approx. 35 km | |
| surface | 604 km² | |
| Tributaries | Toyo-gawa, Yahagi-gawa, Yahagifurukawa, ... | |
The Mikawa Bay ( Jap. 三河湾 , Mikawa-wan ) is a bay in the south of Aichi Prefecture (historically the province of Mikawa ) in Japan , surrounded by the Chita Peninsula in the west and the Atsumi Peninsula in the east and south. The western part of the bay is therefore also called Chita Bay ( 知 多 湾 , Chita-wan ) and the eastern Atsumi Bay ( 渥 美 湾 , Atsumi-wan ). Their area is about 604 km².
The largest islands in the bay and at the same time the only inhabited islands in the prefecture are Saku-shima , Shinojima and Himaka-jima at the mouth of the bay. The most important tributaries are the 1st order Toyo-gawa in the east and Yahagi-gawa (including the old Yahagifurukawa river) in the north.
In recent years, pollution of the shallow, trapped water in the bay has become a problem.
Individual evidence
- ↑ 愛 知 の 離島 (資料 編) . (PDF) (No longer available online.) Aichi Prefecture, February 2015, archived from the original on April 2, 2015 ; Retrieved March 19, 2015 (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.
