Cape Kamui Explained

Cape Kamui
Other Name:神威岬 (Kamui misaki)
Type:Cape
Map:Japan
Location:Hokkaido, Japan
Water Bodies:Sea of Japan
Coordinates:43.3301°N 140.3535°W

is located on the western part of Shakotan, Hokkaido, Japan.[1] Its lighthouse, the Cape Kamui Lighthouse, overlooks the Sea of Japan. An earthquake off the cape on 2 August 1940 resulted in a tsunami that killed ten people.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tourism in Shakotan . . 10 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120210015342/http://www.kanko-shakotan.jp/gaido.html . 10 February 2012 .
  2. 1940.8.2神威岬沖地震の被害に関する文献調査(災害) . Kagami Hiroshi . Journal of Architecture and Building Science . 24 . 12 . 457–460 . 2006 . Architectural Institute of Japan.