Strait of Tsugaru [1] [2] or Sangarsky [1] [2] ( 津 軽 海峡 Tsugaru-kaikyo:) - the strait between the Japanese islands of Honshu and Hokkaido , connects the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean . The strait is 18-110 km wide and 96 km long. The depth of the navigable part varies from 110 to 491 m.
| Tsugaru | |
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| jap. 津 軽 海峡 | |
 View of the Tsugaru Strait | |
| Specifications | |
| Width | 18-110 km |
| Length | 96 km |
| Location | |
| Connects | Sea of Japan , Pacific Ocean |
| Separates | Hokkaido , Honshu |
| A country |
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| Regions | Hokkaido , Tohoku |
| Area | Aomori |
Japanese territorial waters extend only 3 nautical miles from the coast instead of the usual 12 miles, so that the US Navy could pass through the strait without violating the law banning the location of nuclear weapons in Japan [3] .
Under the strait passes the Seikan tunnel - the second longest railway tunnel after the Gottard Basic Tunnel. It was built due to the impossibility of building a bridge for a number of reasons: the strait is too deep (the minimum depth is over 100 meters) and there are frequent typhoons in which ferries sank there.
There are many good anchorage in the strait, but there are no places completely closed from the wind. The main course is directed from west to east, the flow rate in the middle of the strait is about 3 knots . The flow often branches into several separate jets, periodically changing their direction. Tides up to 2 m.
Both banks are mountainous and covered with forest. The city of Hakodate is located on the shore of Hokkaido Island in the Strait of Sangar - at the beginning of the 20th century the seat of the Russian consulate and the port most visited by Russian Amur courts. The first map of the Sangar Strait was compiled by the Russian admiral I.F. Kruzenshtern . From the southern side of the strait, Mutsu Bay extends deep into the land to the south, on which the port city of Aomori is located .
In winter, the strait does not freeze.
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Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Japan // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 130-131. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ 1 2 Tsugaru // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - S. 421.
- ↑ Japan left key straits open for US nukes | The japan times
Links
- Tsugaru - article from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia .
- Tsugaru // Dictionary of modern geographical names
- Kruzenshtern. Strait of Sangar