Kitan Strait

The Kitan Strait (紀淡海峡, Kitan kaikyō) or Tomogashima Channel (友ヶ島水道, Tomogashima suidō) separates Awaji Island from Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan and connects the Osaka Bay in the north to the Kii Channel in the south. The total width is 11 km, but the islands of Tomogashima reduce the distance to be spanned by a proposed bridge.^[1][2] The strait forms part of the Setonaikai National Park.^[3]

The Kitan Strait, separating Awaji Island from Honshū

See also

• Akashi Strait

References

1. Jurado, J.; et al. (2011). Bridge Aeroelasticity: Sensitivity Analysis and Optimum Design. WIT Press. p. 66. ISBN 9781845640569.
2. Di Benedetto, Hervé, ed. (2003). "Chapter 173: Compression characteristics of stiff clay to support a bridge foundation evaluated by field and laboratory tests". Deformation Characteristics of Geomaterials. Taylor & Francis. pp. 1363ff. doi:10.1201/NOE9058096043.ch173. ISBN 978-90-5809-604-3. Archived from the original on 2012-12-02.
3. "Setonaikai National Park - Map 1" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 1 February 2012.

34°16′32″N 135°00′38″E / 34.2756°N 135.01047°E / 34.2756; 135.01047