Kii Channel

Harima Nada
Naruto
Strait
Osaka Bay
Awaji
Kitan
Strait
Kii Channel
Shikoku
Kii Peninsula
Landsat 7 view of Kii Channel

The Kii Channel (紀伊水道 Kii-suidō[1]), also called the Kii Stait,[2][3] is a strait separating the Japanese island of Shikoku from the Kii Peninsula on the main island of Honshū. This strait connects the Inland Sea with the Pacific Ocean.

The name of the strait derives from Kii Province, a former province on the Kii Peninsula.

The strait is surrounded by Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku, Wakayama Prefecture on Honshū, and the southern coast of Awaji Island in Hyōgo Prefecture. It is connected to Osaka Bay via the Kitan Strait and to Harima Nada (the eastern part of the Inland Sea) by the Naruto Strait.

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  1. ↑ Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan, ISBN 4-8071-0004-1
  2. ↑ "Marine Gazetteer Placedetails". marineregions.org. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Library of Congress (2006). Library of Congress Subject Headings. Library of Congress. p. 3782.

Coordinates: 33°58′09″N 134°52′19″E / 33.9692°N 134.872°E / 33.9692; 134.872


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