Cape Futtsu

Cape Futtsu

富津ふっつ岬みさき (*Futtsu misaki*)
Cape Futtsu 富津ふっつ岬みさき (Futtsu misaki)
Cape
	View of Cape Futtsu from the Meiji Centennial Observation Tower
	Cape Futtsu Cape Futtsu
	Coordinates: 35°18′46″N 139°47′12″E / 35.31278°N 139.78667°E
Location	Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Offshore water bodies	Pacific Ocean

Cape Futtsu (富津ふっつ岬みさき, Futtsu-misaki?) is a cape located east of Tokyo Bay in Futtsu, Chiba, Japan. The entire area in the cape has been developed as Chiba Prefectural Futtsu Park, and has been selected as one of Japan's Top 100 White Sand and Green Pines and one of Kanto's Top 100 Views of Fuji.^[1] Futtsu Tidal Flat on the north side of Cape Futtsu is included in Japan's 500 important wetlands.^[2]

Geography

Cape Fuutsu is a cape that juts out from near the mouth of the Koito River toward Tokyo Bay for approximately 5 km (3.1 mi) in the southwest direction.^[3] It consists of a long, narrow sandbar called Futtsusu that stretches from the mouth of the Koito River to the tip of the cape, and a triangular alluvial plain called Futtsuheiya that stretches from there to Isonezaki. Off the tip of the sandbar are the First Sea Fort and the Second Sea Fort (artificial islands), which were used as forts.

Along with Cape Kannon on the Miura Peninsula on the opposite shore, which is about 6 km (3.7 mi) away, Cape Futtsu forms the boundary between Tokyo Bay and the Uraga Channel. On the north side of the cape, a 174-hectare (ha) tidal flat called Futtsu Higata is formed on the calm shore of the inner bay, and on the south side, it serves as a breakwater against the rough waves of the open ocean.

The wetland also has a community of seaside plants that attract mallards and spot-billed ducks, and is designated as a natural monument of Chiba Prefecture as the Futtsu Seaside Plant Community.^[4] On the south side, there are many communities of halophytic plants such as Kouboumugi and Kikamonohashi, which grow on Kujukuri Beach, and on the north shore of the beach, inner bay wild plants such as Psyllium japonica and Okahijiki grow thickly.^[5]

References

^ "千葉ちば県けん関東かんとうの富士見ふじみ百ひゃく景けい". www.ktr.mlit.go.jp. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
^ "環境省かんきょうしょう_生物せいぶつ多様たよう性せい保全ほぜん上じょう重要じゅうような湿地しっち（略称りゃくしょう「重要じゅうよう湿地しっち」）". www.env.go.jp. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
^ 千葉ちば県けん観光かんこう物産ぶっさん協会きょうかい. "富津岬ふっつみさき". まるごとe! ちば－千葉ちば県けん公式こうしき観光かんこう物産ぶっさんサイト－ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-17.
^ 千葉ちば県けん. "富津とみつ州しゅう海浜かいひん植物しょくぶつ群ぐん落地おろち". 千葉ちば県けん (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-17.
^ "千せん葉よう県立けんりつ富津とみつ公園こうえん". 東京とうきょう湾わん観光かんこう情報じょうほう局きょく (in Japanese). 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2019-10-17.

External links

Cape Futtsu - Chiba Prefecture

[1] "千葉ちば県けん関東かんとうの富士見ふじみ百ひゃく景けい". www.ktr.mlit.go.jp. Retrieved 2019-10-17.

[2] "環境省かんきょうしょう_生物せいぶつ多様たよう性せい保全ほぜん上じょう重要じゅうような湿地しっち（略称りゃくしょう「重要じゅうよう湿地しっち」）". www.env.go.jp. Retrieved 2019-10-17.

[3] 千葉ちば県けん観光かんこう物産ぶっさん協会きょうかい. "富津岬ふっつみさき". まるごとe! ちば－千葉ちば県けん公式こうしき観光かんこう物産ぶっさんサイト－ (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-17.

[4] 千葉ちば県けん. "富津とみつ州しゅう海浜かいひん植物しょくぶつ群ぐん落地おろち". 千葉ちば県けん (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-10-17.

[5] "千せん葉よう県立けんりつ富津とみつ公園こうえん". 東京とうきょう湾わん観光かんこう情報じょうほう局きょく (in Japanese). 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2019-10-17.

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Cape Futtsu 富津ふっつ岬みさき (Futtsu misaki)
Cape
View of Cape Futtsu from the Meiji Centennial Observation Tower
Cape Futtsu Show map of Chiba Prefecture Cape Futtsu Show map of Japan
Coordinates: 35°18′46″N 139°47′12″E / 35.31278°N 139.78667°E / 35.31278; 139.78667
Location	Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Offshore water bodies	Pacific Ocean