Kabushima
Native name: Nickname: Seagull Island | |
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Geography | |
Location | Hachinohe, Aomori |
Coordinates | 40°32′20″N 141°33′27″E / 40.53889°N 141.55750°E |
Length | 300 m (1000 ft) |
Width | 140 m (460 ft) |
Coastline | 800 m (2600 ft) |
Highest elevation | 19 m (62 ft) |
Administration | |
Japan |
Kabushima (
Geography
[edit]The island has a length of 300 meters (980 ft) and a width of 140 m (460 ft). The highest point of the island measures 18 m (59 ft) in elevation. The total area of the island is approximately 0.017 km2 (0.0066 sq mi). Although called it is an island, it is connected to the mainland by a causeway constructed in 1942 so that people may walk to it from the shore.
Important Bird Area
[edit]The island is noted as a nesting ground for Black-tailed gulls and has been protected as a National Natural Monument of Japan since 1922.[1] It has also been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International.[2] The sound of the umi-neko at Hachinohe was selected by the Ministry of the Environment as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.[3]
Kabushima Shrine
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Kabushima02.jpg/270px-Kabushima02.jpg)
Kabushima Shrine (
References
[edit]- ^ [https://kunishitei.bunka.go.jp/heritage/detail/401/89
蕪島 ウミネコ繁殖 地 - Agency for Cultural Affairs database (in Japanese) - ^ "Kabushima islet". BirdLife Data Zone. BirdLife International. 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "
残 したい日本 の音 風景 100選 " (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 18 March 2017. - ^ "ウミネコ
繁殖 地 の蕪島 、蕪 嶋 神社 が全焼 放火 の可能 性 も". Asahi Shimbun. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 5 November 2015. - ^ "
蕪島 神社 、再建 の社殿 披露 15年 に焼失 、青森 ・八戸 " [Reconstruction of Kabushima Shrine, after it burned down '15, Aomori, Hachinohe]. The Nikkei (in Japanese). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
External links
[edit] Media related to Kabushima at Wikimedia Commons
- Hachinohe City tourist information(in Japanese)
- Official website (in Japanese)
- Kabushima on Nippon-Kichi