Kanmon Straits (Kitakyushu)
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Japan /
Yamaguchi /
Shimonoseki /
Kitakyushu
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/ Japan
/ Yamaguchi
/ Shimonoseki
World / Japan / Oita
water, strait / channel / passage / narrows
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The Kanmon Straits (関門海峡 Kanmon Kaikyō) or the Straits of Shimonoseki is the stretch of water separating two of Japan's four main islands. On the Honshū side of the water is Shimonoseki (下関, which contributed "Kan" to the name of the strait) and on the Kyūshū side is Kitakyūshū, whose former city and present ward, Moji (門司), gave the strait its "mon". The straits silt up at the rate of about 15 centimetres per annum, and dredging has made it possible to build the New Kitakyushu Airport at low cost.
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Coordinates: 33°56'18"N 130°57'22"E
- Tsugaru Strait 1188 km
- South Kuril Strait 1700 km
- Luzon Strait 1752 km
- Strait of Tartary 2289 km
- Qiongzhou Strait 2564 km
- Mindoro Strait 2574 km
- Fourth Kuril Strait 2645 km
- Cebu Strait 2753 km
- Palawan Passage 2962 km
- Ten Degree Channel 4707 km
- Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,ltd. Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works 3.1 km
- Moji Ward (Moji-ku) 4.8 km
- Kitakyushu Rail Freight Terminal 5.5 km
- Sumitomo Metals (Kokura), Ltd. 8.3 km
- JGSDF Vice-Camp Tomino 8.6 km
- Kokurakita Ward (Kokurakita-ku) 9 km
- Mihagino Park 10 km
- TOTO, Kokura Plant № 1 10 km
- Nippon Steel Yawata Works Tobata Area 11 km
- Tobata Ward (Tobata-ku) 12 km
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,ltd. Shimonoseki Shipyard & Machinery Works
Moji Ward (Moji-ku)
Kitakyushu Rail Freight Terminal
Sumitomo Metals (Kokura), Ltd.
JGSDF Vice-Camp Tomino
Kokurakita Ward (Kokurakita-ku)
Mihagino Park
TOTO, Kokura Plant № 1
Nippon Steel Yawata Works Tobata Area
Tobata Ward (Tobata-ku)