Tsugaru Peninsula and Tsugaru StraitStrait between Hokkaido (upper) and Honshu (lower)Tappi Misaki Cape
Western maps made prior to the 20th century also referred to this waterway as the Strait of Sangar.[1]
Japan's territorial waters extend to three nautical miles (5.6 km) into the strait instead of the usual twelve, reportedly to allow nuclear-armed United States Navy warships and submarines to transit the strait without violating Japan's prohibition against nuclear weapons in its territory.[2] The part of the Seikan Tunnel that passes under the strait is considered to be under Japanese jurisdiction. The part of the Tsugaru Strait considered to be in international waters is still within Japan's exclusive economic zone.[3]
The Tsugaru Strait has eastern and western necks, both approximately 20 km across with maximum depths of 200 m and 140 m respectively.[4]
On September 26, 1954, 1,172 people died when the ferry Tōya Maru sank in the strait.[5]
Thomas Blakiston, an English explorer and naturalist, noticed that animals in Hokkaido were related to northern Asian species, whereas those on Honshu to the south were related to those from southern Asia. The Tsugaru Strait was therefore established as a major zoogeographical boundary, and became known as Blakiston's Line or the "Blakiston Line".[6]
^Congress, The Library of. "Tsugaru Strait (Japan) - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved 2023-07-06.
^Tsuji, H., Sawada, T. and Takizawa, M. (1996). "Extraordinary inundation accidents in the Seikan undersea tunnel". Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Engineering. 119 (1): 1–14. doi:10.1680/igeng.1996.28131.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^. Japan Science and Technology Agency. Archived from the original on 2010-07-22.
^"Nature in Japan" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan.
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