Oshika Peninsula

Oshika Peninsula
Oshika Peninsula
Region
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Country Japan
Region Miyagi Prefecture
Coordinates 38°16′17″N 141°31′25″E / 38.27139°N 141.52361°E / 38.27139; 141.52361
Location

The Oshika Peninsula (牡鹿半島 Oshika-hantō, also pronounced "Ojika") is a peninsula which projects southeast into the Pacific Ocean from the coast of Miyagi Prefecture in northeast Honshu, the main island of Japan.

The peninsula is most often visited as the gateway to the sacred island of Kinkasan, which can be accessed by ferries running from the costal whaling port of Ayukawa in Ishinomaki, Miyagi and from Onagawa.

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2011 earthquake and tsunami

The Oshika Peninsula was the closest part of Honshu to the epicenter of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, the closest parts of its eastern coastline approximately 72 kilometers (45 mi) away, with only a few neighboring minor islands a few kilometers closer.[1] A report on March 14 indicated that 1,000 bodies had washed ashore on the peninsula.[2] The March 11 earthquake shifted Oshika Peninsula by 5.3 m (17 ft) towards the epicenter and lowered it by 1.2 m (3.9 ft), according to the Geospatial Information Authority in Tsukuba. These two land mass movements are records for Japan, according to government figures.[3] Many small villages along the coast of the peninsula, administered by Ishinomaki City, were heavily damaged.[4]

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