| North Breakwater Dome | |
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北防波堤ドーム | |
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| General information | |
| Address | 1 Kaiun |
| Town or city | Wakkanai, Hokkaidō |
| Country | Japan |
| Coordinates | 45°25′13″N 141°40′50″E / 45.420255°N 141.680438°E |
| Opened | 1936 |
| Renovated | 1978–1981 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Tsuchiya Minoru |
The North Breakwater Dome (北防波堤ドーム, kita bōhatei dōmu) is a long arched "semi-domical" structure in the port area of Wakkanai, Hokkaidō, Japan. Rising to a height of 13.6 metres (45 ft) above the sea and extending some 427 metres (1,401 ft), with seventy columns, an intercolumniation of 6 metres (20 ft), and a width from column to wall of 8 metres (26 ft), the form, inspired by a Roman arcade, is said to be without parallel.[1][2]
- ^ 北海道遺産・稚内港北防波堤ドーム [Hokkaido Heritage: North Breakwater Dome in Wakkanai Port] (in Japanese). Hokkaidō Prefecture. 8 November 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ 北防波堤ドーム [North Breakwater Dome] (in Japanese). Wakkanai City. Retrieved 25 September 2019.