Sadamisaki Peninsula

Sadamisaki Peninsula
View of the peninsula from the sea
Geographical location
Coordinates	33 ° 26 '  N , 132 ° 12'  E Coordinates: 33 ° 26 '  N , 132 ° 12'  E
Waters 1	Seto Inland Sea
length	40 km
width	6.4 km
surface	95 km²

The Sadamisaki Peninsula ( Japanese 佐 田 岬 半島 , Sadamisaki-hantō ), also Misaki Peninsula ( 三 崎 半島 , Misaki-hantō ), is a peninsula on the main Japanese island of Shikoku . It is named after Cape Sada-misaki ( 佐 田 岬 ; 33 ° 20 ′ 33 ″  N , 132 ° 0 ′ 54 ″  E ), which is the westernmost point of the island. Administratively it is largely identical to the municipality of Ikata (8,540 inhabitants, as of October 1, 2019) in the Ehime prefecture .

The peninsula is 40 km long, but its widest point is only 6.4 km and the narrowest point is 0.8 km. The total area is 95 km². The peninsula separates the marine region Iyo-nada of the Seto Inland Sea from the Uwa Sea ( 宇 和 海 , Uwa-kai ) of the Bungo Canal , which separates Shikoku from Kyūshū , but depending on the definition, the Seto Inland Sea is also included. The Hōyo Strait is located between the Sadamisaki Peninsula and the Saganoseki Peninsula opposite from Kyūshū . The highest point on the peninsula is Mount Garan-san ( 伽藍 山 ; 33 ° 24 '  N , 132 ° 7'  E ) with 414.2 m.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 佐 田 岬 半島 . In: 日本 大 百科全書 at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 15, 2015 (Japanese). 
2. ↑ 豊 予 海峡 . In: 百科 事 典 マ イ ペ デ ィ ア at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 15, 2015 (Japanese).