Cape Kamui

Cape Kamui
神威岬 (Kamui misaki)
Cape
Cape Kamui on the Shakotan Peninsula
Cape Kamui
Coordinates: 43°19′48.35″N 140°21′12.51″E / 43.3300972°N 140.3534750°E / 43.3300972; 140.3534750
LocationHokkaido, Japan
Offshore water bodiesSea of Japan

Cape Kamui (神威岬, Kamui misaki) is located on the western part of Shakotan, Hokkaido, Japan. Its lighthouse, the Cape Kamui Lighthouse, overlooks the Sea of Japan. An earthquake off the cape on 2 August 1940 resulted in a tsunami that killed ten people.

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