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Sagami Bay

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Coordinates: 35°07′N139°23′E / 35.117°N 139.383°E / 35.117; 139.383
Viewed from Miura Peninsula.
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Location
La bahía de Sagami se encuentra en Japón.
Bahía de Sagami
Location of Sagami Bay (Japan)
SagamiBay está ubicado en la prefectura de Kanagawa.
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Location of Sagami Bay (Kanagawa)

Sagami Bay (相模湾, Sagami-wan; also known as the Sagami Gulf or Sagami Sea) lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula, in Shizuoka Prefecture, to the west, and the Shōnan coastline to the north, while the island of Izu Ōshima marks the southern extent of the bay. It lies approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of the capital, Tokyo. Cities on the bay include Odawara, Chigasaki, Fujisawa, Hiratsuka, Itō, and Kamakura.

History

The center of the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923 was deep beneath Izu Ōshima Island in Sagami Bay. It devastated Tokyo, the port city of Yokohama, and the surrounding prefectures of Chiba, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka, and caused widespread damage throughout the Kantō region.[1] The shallow nature of the seabed on the north of the bay, and the funnelling effect of tsunami and typhoon wave energy, contributed to certain parts of the Shonan coast suffering considerable damage, including the destruction of the Kōtoku-in temple housing the Great Buddha, or Daibutsu during the massive tsunami of 1498.[2]

Natural environment

A branch of the warm Kuroshio Current warms the bay, allowing it to host marine organisms typical of more southerly regions and giving a mild climate to the land bordering it. The maximum depth of Sagami Bay is about 1500 meters.

Organisms from sub-arctic regions are advected into the bay by intrusions of the Oyashio Current resulting in very high biodiversity.[3] It is the major study site for research programs at the University of Tokyo (ORI) and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC).

En 2004, se descubrió que muestras de suelo de la bahía de Sagami contenían contaminación radiactiva procedente de las pruebas nucleares del atolón Bikini que tuvieron lugar entre 1946 y 1958. [ 4 ]

Los ríos Hikiji , Sagami y Sakai desembocan en la bahía.

Referencias

  1. ↑ Hammer, Joshua (2006). Yokohama en llamas: el devastador terremoto e incendio de 1923 que allanaron el camino a la Segunda Guerra Mundial . Free Press. pág.  278. ISBN 978-0743264655.
  2. ↑ Kamio, Kenji; Willson, Heather (2008). Una guía en inglés de los templos y santuarios de Kamakura . 緑風出版. págs.143 , 144. ISBN  978-4-8461-0811-3.
  3. ↑ CJO – Resumen – Biodiversidad en cnidarios y ctenóforos de aguas medias: resultados basados ​​en sumergibles de bahías de aguas profundas en el Mar de Japón y el Pacífico noroccidental
  4. ↑ SEPA Archivado el 5 de agosto de 2004 en Wayback Machine
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35°07′N 139°23′E / 35.117°N 139.383°E / 35.117; 139.383