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    Cape Sōya (宗谷岬, Sōya-misaki) is the northernmost point of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan and by extension the whole of Japan. It is situated in Wakkanai...
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    narrowest part of the strait is in the west between Russia's Cape Krillion and Japan's Cape Sōya, which is also the shallowest at only 60 metres (197 ft)...
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    Japan to the west, Sōya Bay and the Sōya Strait to the north, and the Sea of Okhotsk to the east. Japan's northernmost point, Cape Sōya, is located in Wakkanai...
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    Cape Noshappu (野寒布岬 / Noshappu-misaki) is a cape near Cape Sōya in the north of Hokkaido island, Japan and located in Wakkanai, Sōya Subprefecture. Facing...
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    point of Sakhalin. The cape was named by Frenchman Jean-François de La Pérouse, who was the first European to discover it. Cape Sōya, in Japan, is located...
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  • district located in the Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan Sōya Subprefecture, a subprefecture of the Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan Sōya Main Line, a railway...
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    Japan Benten-jima (弁天島) and Hira-shima (平島) seen from Cape Sōya Benten-jima, viewed from Cape Sōya Islands portal Geography of Japan Japanese Archipelago...
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    by Russia. The southernmost point is Okinotorishima; the westernmost is Cape Irizaki on Yonaguni Island in Okinawa Prefecture, and the easternmost is...
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    details his walk from Cape Sōya at the northern tip of Hokkaidō south to Cape Sata. Monument at latitude 31°N Cape Sata Observatory Cape Sata lighthouse from...
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  • by Alan Booth, tells the story of his journey in 1977, on foot, from Cape Sōya in Hokkaidō, the northernmost point of Japan, to Sata, the southernmost...
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    Sōya Bay (宗谷湾, Sōya-wan) is a bay on the north coast of Hokkaidō, Japan. It is demarcated by Cape Sōya to the east and Cape Noshappu to the west, with...
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  • published in 1985, is about his travels in 1977 from Cape Sōya, the northern tip of Hokkaidō, to Cape Sata, the southern tip of Kyūshū. The second, Looking...
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    Perouse Strait at the north coast of Hokkaido it becomes the Sōya Warm Current (宗谷暖流, Sōya Danryū). The flow rate is 1 to 3 knots. There is a relatively...
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    hillside overlooking the Sōya Straits, within the park there are a number of memorials that, along with those of Cape Sōya, that to the Chihaku ferry...
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    Appalachians from SW Virginia to NW Georgia Diphylleia grayi F.Schmidt - Cape Sōya in northern Japan Diphylleia sinensis H.L.Li - China (Gansu, Hubei, Shaanxi...
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    Sōya Misaki Wind Farm (宗谷岬ウインドファーム, Sōya-misaki Uindo Fāmu) is a wind farm in the Sōya Hills near the eponymous Cape Sōya in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan...
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    appearance of a smaller rock atop one that is larger. Bakkai Station Cape Sōya Cape Noshappu Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park 抜海港 ゴマフアザラシの越冬 [Bakkai...
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    Nikolai Rezanov Philipp Franz von Siebold Sakhalin Strait of Tartary Cape Sōya "MAMIYA RINZO STRAIT,Asiatic Russia - Antique Prints and Antique Maps...
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    the Sōya National Highway ( Japan National Route 238), which runs along the coast of Sōya Bay between Cape Noshappu (Sea of Japan side) and Cape Sōya (Sea...
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    situ observations of Tsushima and West Sakhalin currents near La Perouse (Soya) Strait Kamiya, Antonio (September 12, 1983). "Japanese authorities today...
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    roughly 40–45 kilometres (25–28 mi) between Sakhalin's Cape Crillon (in Russia) to Hokkaido's Cape Sōya (in Japan). In comparison, the completed 53.85 km (33...
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  • kilometres (2,034 mi) in nine days across Mainland Japan, from Cape Sata to Cape Sōya. S07 "We Went on Tour in America" 31 May 2023 (2023-05-31) 2:09:40...
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  • belt extending 1,500 kilometres through central Hokkaido from Urakawa to Cape Sōya and Sakhalin from the south coast to Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky District...
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    the Ainu word "Esaushi", meaning "cape" (in the geographic sense). Esashi is located at the southeast tip of Sōya Subprefecture, and faces the Sea of...
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    exit through La Pérouse Strait in the morning, Wahoo was bombarded from Cape Sōya. An antisubmarine aircraft (likely an Aichi E13A floatplane) sighted a...
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  • 3 January 2020 (2020-01-03) 50 min. May begins the journey through Japan at Cape Soya, the northernmost tip of Japan on the island of Hokkaido, where he tries...
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  • walking a zigzag route through Japan. The 7,494-kilometre walk started from Cape Sōya, Japan's northernmost point on the island of Hokkaidō and ended on Yonaguni...
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    break through the Sōya Strait, with depth charges and guided it to surface ships, contributing to its sinking. Lake Onuma Cape Sōya Koetoi River Wakkanai...
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  • buildings all around the country (which he wishes to join), finally reaching Cape Sōya in Wakkanai, Hokkaidō. After arriving back to Tokyo, he finally confesses...
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    Heritage. List of Cultural Properties of Japan - structures (Hokkaidō) Cape Sōya 北海道遺産・稚内港北防波堤ドーム [Hokkaido Heritage: North Breakwater Dome in Wakkanai...
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