Английская Википедия:Cape Muroto
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Шаблон:Nihongo is a headland at the southeastern tip of the Japanese island of Shikoku, in the city of Muroto, Kōchi Prefecture. Extending into the Pacific Ocean[1] and situated in Шаблон:Ill[2][3] within Muroto-Anan Kaigan Quasi-National Park,[1] the cape has been designated a Place of Scenic Beauty[4] and the local vegetation a Natural Monument,[5] while the Sound of the Waves at Cape Muroto and Шаблон:Ill is among the 100 Soundscapes of Japan.[6]
Cultural features
On the summit overlooking the cape is Hotsumisaki-ji, the twenty-fourth temple on the Shikoku Pilgrimage,[1] as well as Шаблон:Ill, which started operating in 1899,[7] and a statue of Nakaoka Shintarō.[8]
Geology
Due to the subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate beneath the Eurasian Plate in the Nankai Trough, some Шаблон:Convert off the cape, the land around the cape is being uplifted at a rate of Шаблон:Convert to Шаблон:Convert per millennium, at the top end of the world's uplift rates.[2]
Fauna
Birds observed in the vicinity of the cape include the osprey and blue rock thrush.[9] Marine life in the waters offshore includes the Japanese amberjack, Japanese anchovy, Japanese barramundi, Japanese jack mackerel, Japanese mackerel, Japanese pilchard, Pacific mackerel, Blackfin seabass, three-line grunt, and spear squid.[9]
Access
- Kochi Tobu Kotsu
- Tokushima Bus
- Asa Seaside Railway (1 return on only holidays)
- For Awa-Kainan Station (extends to this station via Asato Line)
See also
- List of Places of Scenic Beauty of Japan (Kōchi)
- List of Natural Monuments of Japan (Kōchi)
- Muroto Typhoon, Second Muroto Typhoon
- Cape Ashizuri
- Kūkai
- Dual-mode vehicle (This transportation is operated for the first time in the world)
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