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is the northernmost point of the island of
On the site of Cape Sōya stands the Monument of Peace, a memorial to the , sunk with 80 men aboard on October 11, 1943, as well as 5 Japanese merchant ships sunk with 690 people, attacked by Wahoo. The inscription on the memorial reads in part:
The exact position of ''Wahoo'' was confirmed by a dive team from the Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd in July 2006.
Sunset of Cape Soya.jpg, Sunset
The_northernmost_point_of_Japan_monument_in_Soya_cape.jpg, Monument of the northernmost Point of Japan
Birdview of Cape Soya.jpg, A view from a hill nearby
Cape Soya Music Stone.jpg, The "Music Monument" which automatically plays the song ''Sōya-misaki'' each time a visitor stands in front
The Tower of Prayer.jpg, The Tower of Prayer, a memorial of
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Hokkaidō
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
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. It is situated in Wakkanai
' meaning "cold water river" is a city located in Sōya Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the capital of Sōya Subprefecture. It contains Japan's northernmost point, Cape Sōya, from which the Russian island of Sakhalin can be seen.
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, Sōya Subprefecture
is a subprefecture of Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. Its population is estimated to be 77,500 as of July 31, 2004 and its area is . It is the northernmost subprefecture of Japan.
Wakkanai Airport is located in Wakkanai. Rishiri Airport is locate ...
. The is at the cape, although the true northernmost point under Japanese control is a small deserted island called Bentenjima, northwest. Since the cape is just away across La Perouse Strait
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from Cape Crillon
Cape Crillon (russian: Мыс Крильон, ja, 西能登呂岬 "Nishinotoro-misaki" (Cape Nishinotoro in Japanese), ) is the southernmost point of Sakhalin. The cape was named by Frenchman Jean-François de La Pérouse, who was the first Europe ...
, Sakhalin Island, Russia
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, it is possible to catch a glimpse of the island of Sakhalin on a clear day.
There are more than ten monuments at Cape Sōya, including the Monument of the northernmost Point of Japan, the Tower of Prayer (a memorial to Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KE007/KAL007)The flight number KAL 007 was used by air traffic control, while the public flight booking system used KE 007 was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alask ...
, shot down in 1983), a statue of Mamiya Rinzō
was a Japanese explorer of the late Edo period. He is best known for his exploration of Karafuto, now known as Sakhalin. He mapped areas of northeast Asia then unknown to Japanese.
Biography
Mamiya was born in 1775 in Tsukuba District, Hitach ...
, the Monument of Peace (a memorial to the sunken submarine , and others). Sōya Misaki settlement, east of the cape, has many facilities known to be "the northernmost in Japan", such as the northernmost lighthouse ( Cape Sōya Lighthouse), the northernmost filling station (Idemitsu
is a Japanese petroleum company. It owns and operates oil platforms, refineries, produces and sells petroleum, oils and petrochemical products, and also operates gas stations under the brand and (until 2023) in its own ''Idemitsu'' and ''Shell ...
Cape Sōya SS), the northernmost elementary school (Ōmisaki Elementary School), and so on.
Monument of Peace
On the site of Cape Sōya stands the Monument of Peace, a memorial to the , sunk with 80 men aboard on October 11, 1943, as well as 5 Japanese merchant ships sunk with 690 people, attacked by Wahoo. The inscription on the memorial reads in part:
The exact position of ''Wahoo'' was confirmed by a dive team from the Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd in July 2006.Tower of Prayer
Cape Sōya is the location of another memorial, the Tower of Prayer. The monument, which is 19.83 metres tall and constructed fromgranite
Granite () is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies undergro ...
, stands in remembrance of the 269 people that were killed during Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KE007/KAL007)The flight number KAL 007 was used by air traffic control, while the public flight booking system used KE 007 was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alask ...
on 1 September 1983. In the incident, the aircraft operating the flight was shot down by a Soviet Air Forces
The Soviet Air Forces ( rus, Военно-воздушные силы, r=Voyenno-vozdushnyye sily, VVS; literally "Military Air Forces") were one of the air forces of the Soviet Union. The other was the Soviet Air Defence Forces. The Air Forces ...
Sukhoi Su-15 interceptor near Moneron Island
Moneron Island, (russian: Монерон, ja, 海馬島 Kaibato, ja, トド島 Todojima, Ainu: Todomoshiri) is a small island off Sakhalin Island. It is a part of the Russian Federation.
Description
Moneron has an area of about and a high ...
, roughly 98 kilometres to the north of the cape.
Climate
See also
* Extreme points of JapanReferences
Gallery
Korean Air Lines Flight 007
Korean Air Lines Flight 007 (KE007/KAL007)The flight number KAL 007 was used by air traffic control, while the public flight booking system used KE 007 was a scheduled Korean Air Lines flight from New York City to Seoul via Anchorage, Alask ...
Cape Soya Light Tower.jpg, Cape Sōya Lighthouse
Old Navy Observatory in Cape Soya.jpg, The observatory, used by the Imperial Japanese Navy
The Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN; Kyūjitai: Shinjitai: ' 'Navy of the Greater Japanese Empire', or ''Nippon Kaigun'', 'Japanese Navy') was the navy of the Empire of Japan from 1868 to 1945, when it was dissolved following Japan's surrender ...
to monitor the strait during the Russo-Japanese War
The Russo-Japanese War ( ja, 日露戦争, Nichiro sensō, Japanese-Russian War; russian: Ру́сско-япóнская войнá, Rússko-yapónskaya voyná) was fought between the Empire of Japan and the Russian Empire during 1904 and 1 ...
The gas station at the northernmost tip in Japan.JPG, Idemitsu
is a Japanese petroleum company. It owns and operates oil platforms, refineries, produces and sells petroleum, oils and petrochemical products, and also operates gas stations under the brand and (until 2023) in its own ''Idemitsu'' and ''Shell ...
Cape Sōya SS, the northernmost filling station
Wakkanai municipal Soya junior high school.JPG, Sōya Junior High School, the northernmost junior high school
Wakkanai municipal Oomisaki elementary school.JPG, Ōmisaki Elementary School, the northernmost elementary school
The Northern Stores around Cape Soya.jpg, Vista of "northernmost" shops
KAL Monument.jpg, The Tower of Prayer
File:Ohmisaki・kyu-kaigun-bourou 6260391史跡大岬旧海軍望楼.jpg, Old Navy Watch Tower (June 2006)
File:Cape Soya La Pérouse 20140813.jpg, La Perouse monument
File:Cape Soya satellite image 2009.jpg, Satellite image of Cape Sōya (October 2009)