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Sanriku Coast

Coordinates: 39°58′14″N 141°57′15″E / 39.9706°N 141.9542°E / 39.9706; 141.9542
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Jōdo-ga-hama at the Rikuchu Kaigan National Park in 2007

The Sanriku Coast (三陸海岸さんりくかいがん, sanriku kaigan) is a coastal region on the Pacific Ocean, extending from southern Aomori prefecture,[1] through Iwate prefecture and northern Miyagi prefecture in northeastern Honshū, which is Japan's main island.[2] The name comes from the historical region of Sanriku (or "three riku"), referring to the former provinces of Rikuō, Rikuchū and Rikuzen.[3]

Tourist destination

There are the Tanesashi Coast, the Rikuchu Kaigan National Park and the Minami-Sanriku Kinkazan Quasi-National Park in the Sanriku Coast region.[4]

Earthquakes and tsunami

Main article: Seismicity of the Sanriku coast
In 1896, devastation following the tsunami

The bays of this ria coastline tend to amplify the destructiveness of tsunami waves.[5] Significant events which devastated coastal communities include:

Prior to 2011, the tsunami history of Sanriku might have been interpreted as a story of progressively fewer casualties due to human intervention and planning. The 2011 disaster created a new baseline for analysis of regularly occurring tsunamis.[6]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Japan-i, Sanriku Coastline/Kamaishi Daikannon Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Sanriku Coast; Sanriku
  3. ^ Nippon-Kichi, 三陸さんりくリアス式海岸りあすしきかいがん　Sanriku-riasushiki-kaigan　 Saw-tooth Sanriku Coastline
  4. ^ 種差たねさし海岸かいがんを国立こくりつ公園こうえんに編入へんにゅうへ 環境省かんきょうしょう方針ほうしん (in Japanese). Daily Tohoku. October 5, 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2011.
  5. ^ Satake, Kenji (2005). Tsunamis: Case Studies and Recent Developments. Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research (Book 23). Springer. p. 99. ISBN 1402033265.
  6. ^ Clancy, Gregory. "Sanriku: Japan's 'Tsunami Coast'," The Telegraph (UK). March 14, 2011.

39°58′14″N 141°57′15″E / 39.9706°N 141.9542°E / 39.9706; 141.9542


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