Shakotan Peninsula

Shakotan Peninsula
Shakotan-hantō
Peninsula
Cape Shakotan, Shakotan Peninsula
Cape Shakotan, Shakotan Peninsula
LocationShiribeshi Subprefecture, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Dimensions
 • Length30 m (98 ft)
Highest elevation1,255 m (4,117 ft)
(Mount Shakotan)
Shakotan Peninsula is located in Hokkaido
Shakotan Peninsula
class=notpageimage|
Location
Satellite image

The Shakotan Peninsula (積丹半島, Shakotan hantō) in Shiribeshi, on the west coast of Hokkaidō, Japan, is a mountainous peninsula which projects some 30 kilometres (19 mi) into the Sea of Japan. The Shakotan Peninsula forms part of the Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park.[1]

  1. ^ "Shakotan Peninsula". Encyclopedia of Japan. Tokyo: Shogakukan. 2012. OCLC 56431036. Archived from the original on 2007-08-25. Retrieved 2012-07-12.