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	Tsugaru Strait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tsugaru Strait (津軽海峡 Tsugaru Kaikyō) is a channel between Honshu and Hokkaido in northern Japan connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean.
		The Seikan Tunnel passes under it at its narrowest point (19.5km) between Tappi Misaki on the Tsugaru Peninsula in Aomori, Honshu and Shirakami Misaki on the Matsumae Peninsula in Hokkaido.
		The Tsugaru Strait has eastern and western necks, both approximately 20 km across with maximum depths of 200 and 140 m respectively.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tsugaru_Strait (221 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Seikan Tunnel
		It travels beneath the Tsugaru Strait — connecting Aomori Prefecture on the Japanese island of Honshu and the island of Hokkaido — as part of the Japan Railways Kaikyo Line.
		Geology of the undersea portion of the tunnel consists of volcanic rock, pyroclastic rock, and sedimentary rock of the late Tertiary era.
		Beneath the Tsugaru Strait use of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) was abandoned after less than 2 km due to the variable nature of the rock and difficulty in accessing the face for advanced grouting.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Seikan-Tunnel (2719 words)

	Definition of taiwan strait
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		On the north side of the strait is the harbour of [[Wellington, New ZealandWelli...
		To the east of the strait, it is the south island which recedes, the coast...
	www.wordiq.com /search/taiwan+strait.html (856 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tsugaru Strait
		A New Aomori Prefecture General Long-term Plan was developed, with "The Tsugaru Strait Axis" concept adopted as one of the Strategic projects.
		* The improvement of infrastructures (such as the Tsugaru Strait Bridge) for exchanges between blocks was envisaged in the seventh section as a cooperative project in wide areas in the Tohoku area.
		As was earlier reported, the Avior, carrying a load of quick-freeze fish and sea food caught during its recent fishing voyage near the South Kuril Islands, was on its way to the South Korean port of Pusan.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tsugaru-Strait (677 words)

	Aomori Prefecture - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aomori Prefecture is the northernmost prefecture on Honshu and faces Hokkaido across the Tsugaru Strait.
		On January 1, 2005 the town of Towadako from Kamikita District was merged with the old city of Towada to form the new city of Towada.
		On February 11, 2005 the town of Kizukuri and the villages of Inagaki, Kashiwa, Morita, and Shariki, (all from Nishitsugaru District) were merged to form the new city of Tsugaru.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aomori_Prefecture (810 words)

	Ezo - The Jiggies Reference Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		On the N. it is separated from Sakhalin by Soya Strait (La Perouse) and on the S. from Nippon by Tsugaru Strait.
		Its northern shores are washed by the Sea of Okhotsk, its southern and eastern by the Pacific Ocean, and its western by the Sea of Japan.
		Fogs prevail along the E. coast during the summer months, and it is not uncommon to find a damp, chilly atmosphere near the sea in July, whereas, a mile inland, the thermometer stands at 80 or 90º F. in the shade, and magnolia trees are in full blossom.
	www.jiggies.com /reference/Ezo (1092 words)

	Straat van Tsugaru -- De Straat van Tsugaru (津軽海峡... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		De Straat van Tsugaru (津軽海峡 Tsugaru Kaikyō) is een zeestraat tussen de twee eilanden Honshu en Hokkaido in het noorden van Japan.
		De zeestraat verbindt de Japanse Zee en de Grote Oceaan met elkaar, en is 24 tot 40 kilometer breed.
		De Straat van Tsugaru kan worden overgestoken met veerboten, of via de Seikantunnel.
	straat-van-tsugaru.nl.tracking24.net (97 words)

	Vladivostok Bombarded
		The next was a coaster of 300 tons that was also fired at, but managed to escape in a damaged condition into Fukuyama at the mouth of the Tsugaru Strait.
		Between the most seaward of these islands and the mainland is the entrance to Amur Bay, which is connected with Ussuri Bay by a channel called the Eastern Bosporus, between the end of the Vladivostok peninsula and Kozakavitcha Island.
		Through this strait access is gained to the Golden Horn, and at its eastern or Ussuri mouth are the principle fortifications.
	www.russojapanesewar.com /vlad-bmb.html (1408 words)

	Tsugaru Strait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Tsugaru Strait (津軽海峡 Tsugaru Kaikyō) is a channel Honshu and Hokkaido in northern Japan connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean.
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	www.freeglossary.com /Tsugaru_Strait (380 words)

	Tsugaru Strait - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		TSUGARU STRAIT [Tsugaru Strait], c.100 mi (160 km) long and from 15 to 25 mi (24-40 km) wide, separating Honshu and Hokkaido, N Japan, and connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean.
		Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Tsugaru Strait" at HighBeam.
		Tokyo group to swim across 50-km Oki Strait in relay+
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/TsugaruS1.asp (236 words)

	Hakodate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It faces Tsugaru Strait and has developed as a front door where Sekan ferry ships come and out.
		Before the 20th year of Showa Era, being a stronghold to defend Tsugaru Strait, the public had been banned to climb there.
		Sekan Ferry Line was a link between Honshu and Hokkaido by crossing over Tsugaru strait and served as a junction of the ex Japanese National Railways between Aomori and Hakodate.
	www.hikyaku.com /gallery/english/hakodat.htm (315 words)

	PRESENT STATUS OF MAJOR MARINE CULTIVATION AND PROPAGATION IN HOKKAIDO AND SOME PROBLEMS OF THE RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
		The whole coastline of the Pacific region, except in the area of Tsugaru Strait, where wide, rocky shores are found, is made up of simple, sandy beaches.
		In the western region, the warm Tsugaru Current and the cold Oyashio Current interchange alternatively by seasons; therefore, the oceanographic conditions of this region are quite variable.
		The former group is found in Uchiura Bay, the Tsugaru Strait, the Japan Sea, the northern part of Okhotsk Sea region, and along the coast of Shiretoko Peninsula.
	www.lib.noaa.gov /japan/aquaculture/report1/hasegawa.html (1714 words)

	Honshu. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		It is c.800 mi (1,290 km) long and from c.30 to 150 mi (50–240 km) wide and is the largest and most important island of Japan.
		It is separated from Hokkaido by the Tsugaru Strait, from Kyushu by Shimonoseki Strait, and from Shikoku by the Inland Sea.
		Honshu is predominantly mountainous, rising to 12,389 ft (3,776 m) at Mt. Fuji (the highest peak of Japan), and has many volcanoes.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ho/Honshu.html (360 words)

	Vocabulary of 'peninsula' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		It is surrounded in the east by Pacific ocean, in the west by Mutsu bay and in the north by Tsugaru strait.
		explanation: Located in the west of Aomori prefecture, Tsugaru hanto is surrounded in the west by Japan sea, the east by Mutsu bay and the north by Tsugaru strait.
		The eastern region is mountainous while the western region forms a rich Tsugaru plain.
	www.hikyaku.com /cgi-bin/keyword?geog+peninsula+dico/geogifg (835 words)

	USS Volador II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		After a 24-hour engineering run in Tsugaru Strait, she ended her patrol and arrived in Yokosuka on 22 September.
		Volador transited Tsugaru Strait and, on 19 March commenced a submerged patrol on the lane between Vladivostok and La Perouse Strait which lasted until 8 April.
		She then commenced a transit of Tsugaru Strait and set a course back to Yokosuka where she moored on 11 April 1955.
	www.navyhistory.com /Submarine/voladorII.html (2582 words)

	From Dictionary of American Fighting Ships
		She swept mines in the East China Sea from 10 to 15 July and from 13 to 25 August.
		Swift sailed from Okinawa on 31 August for Tsugaru Strait, between Honshu and Hokkaido, Japan and swept mines there from 7 to 17 September.
		After an upkeep period at Ominato Bay, Honshu, from the 18th to the 22d, she swept westward of the strait from 23 September to 13 October.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/mine/am122.htm (951 words)

	From Dictionary of American Fighting Ships (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		In August she took part in a sweep of the "Skagway Area" of the northern East China Sea, sweeping 15 more mines.
		On 31 August, after Japan had capitulated, Recruit, as part of TU 95.4.31, departed Okinawa, en route to Tsugaru Strait, Northern Honshu and after sweeping a channel into Mutsu Kaiwan, moved on to Ominato Ko, anchoring there 8 September with other units of the North Pacific Force.
		From then until 20 October, the task group swept mines in the Tsugaru Strait.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/mine/am285.htm (463 words)

	USS Diodon SS-349
		She trained frigates of the Republic of Korea in antisubmarine warfare in Sagami Wan, Japan, and from 30 October to 28 November made a simulated war patrol.
		She passed undetected through Tsugaru Strait to Otaru, Hokkaido, then continued her patrol undetected as she observed and photographed shipping in La Perouse Strait.
		During her west coast training operations in the next 2 years, Diodon again operated with the Canadian Navy, and in March 1956 admitted visitors by means of a submarine escape bell while 130 feet below the surface during rescue drills.
	www.multied.com /Navy/Submarine/Diodon.html (299 words)

	BUILDING BIG: Databank: Seikan Tunnel
		In 1954, a typhoon sank five ferry boats in Japan's Tsugaru Strait and killed 1,430 people.
		Engineers couldn't use a tunnel boring machine to carve the Seikan Tunnel because the rock and soil beneath the Tsugaru Strait was random and unpredictable.
		Today, the Seikan Tunnel is the longest railroad tunnel in the world at 33.4 miles in length, 14.3 miles of which lie under the Tsugaru Strait.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/seikan.html (346 words)

	Imperial Submarines
		The staff of the Combined Fleet decide to dispatch one long-range submarine to disrupt enemy communications between Hawaii and the West Coast in early October.
		I-12 departs Kure via the Sea of Japan and the Tsugaru Strait to attack shipping along the American West Coast, then the Hawaii area, Tahiti and E of the Marshalls.
		I-12 spends the night in Hakodate Bay, then continues her voyage through Tsugaru Strait.
	www.combinedfleet.com /I-12.htm (588 words)

	Thomas Blakiston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Blakiston was the first person to notice that animals in Hokkaido, Japan'snorthern island, were related to northern Asian species, whereas those on Honshu to the south were related to those from southern Asia.
		The Tsugaru Strait between the two islands was therefore established as a major zoogeographical boundary, and became known as the " Blakiston Line ".
		Blakiston collected an owl specimen in Hakodate, Japan in 1883.
	www.therfcc.org /thomas-blakiston-65576.html (170 words)

	Enormous Structure In Japan
		Although the Jomon people are usually considered to have been hunter-gatherers, the Aomori site is demonstrating that they were much more sophisticated.
		They dabbled in agriculture (chestnuts, millet), traded for jade with southern Japan (400 miles away), and obtained obsidian from Hokkaido to the north across the Tsugaru Strait.
		The most startling find at Aomori was a group of six enormous holes in the ground containing the remains of massive wooden pillars 1 yard in diameter.
	www.science-frontiers.com /sf124/sf124p14.htm (357 words)

	Sakhalin (Karafuto) related Web Pages
		La Perouse was the French explorer who sailed first as Westerner the strait of Soya, separating Sakhalin from Hokkaido.
		This small article discusses the project to construct 2 bridges between Sakhalin and the continent, and the former and Hokkaido Island.
		If that project will be realized, you could voyage thoroughly with train from Tokyo to London, because Tunnel of Tsugaru strait which separates Hokkaido from Honshyu, and Tunnel of Dover strait which separates England from the continent, are now both operational.
	www.karafuto.com /related.html (695 words)

	[No title]
		Although it has received vast amounts of Japanese aid as disguised reparations for Japanese aggression before and during World War II, Beijing has lost few opportunities to put Tokyo on the defensive by harping on what it claims to be a revival of Japanese militarism.
		Chinese spy ships constantly nose around in Japan's exclusive economic maritime zone, and even transit the Tsugaru Strait between the main Japanese island and Hokkaido.
		True, this is an international strait, but it is also the maritime heart of Japan, an island nation whose essential security requirement is maritime protection.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /IHT/2002/IHT-012802.htm (658 words)

	Runner
		On her second patrol, 1 April to 6 May, Runner's primary mission was to lay a minefield off Pedro Blanco Rock.
		Captured Japanese records indicated that she sank the cargo ship Seinan Maru on 11 June in Tsugaru Strait off Hokkaido, and the passenger-cargo ship Shinryu Maru on 26 June off the Kurile Islands.
		Japanese records also suggest a submarine was lost either by striking a mine or a combination air and sea attack.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/r9/runner-i.htm (402 words)

	Aomori travel guide - Wikitravel
		It includes a movie about the prefecture (Japanese only) and an observation deck with views of the harbor and city (extra charge).
		The Tsugaru Kaikyo Fuyu-Geshiki memorial alongside the ferry terminal looks like it might honor some historical event or local hero, but it's actually dedicated to a song.
		Meaning "Tsugaru Strait winter scenery", the 1977 hit ballad is an all-time karaoke favorite.
	www.wikitravel.org /en/Aomori (1123 words)

	USS Hawkbill - Cycle 12 report - www.ezboard.com
		There are reports of convoys leaving Tsugaru Strait and heading in this direction.
		Sea is moderate and weather is partly cloudy.
		Confirmed large enemy patrol covering the Tsugaru Strait.
	p084.ezboard.com /fpacificthundercampaign62842frm36.showMessage?topicID=22.topic (1177 words)

	Tsugaru Strait
		307,249), extreme SW Hokkaido, Japan, on the Tsugaru Strait.
		Notable Tunnels - Name Location Length Year completed mi km Railroad, excluding subways Seikan Tsugaru Strait, Japan...
		Toward an understanding of technological variability in microblade assemblages in Hokkaido, Japan.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0849594.html (175 words)

	USS Randolph CV-15
		On her next war cruise, as a part of Admiral Halsey's famed 3d Fleet,Randolph made a series of strikes up and down the Japanese home islands.With Air Group 16, replacing Air Group 12, the ship launched eight raidson 10 July against airfields in the Tokyo area, principally those on thepeninsula east of Tokyo Bay.
		On the 14th, her planes struck the airfieldsand shipping in and near Tsugaru Strait.
		In this attack two of the importantHonshu-Hokkaido train ferries were sunk and three were damaged.
	www.multied.com /Navy/CV15Randolph.html (1034 words)

	Discover Japan - Aomori tourist information
		Aomori Prefecture is situated on the northernmost tip of the Japanese main island facing Hokkaido, with Tsugaru Strait in between.
		The Ou Mountains that run from north to south divides the prefecture, thus, forming very different climates in the east and the west - lots of snow on the Japan Sea side and low temperatures even in the summer on the Pacific Ocean side.
		Iwaki Oyama Pilgrimage in Iwaki Town, the festival that adds poetic charm to the autumn in Tsugaru, and Hachinohe Enburi in Hachinohe City, a traditional winter festival to wish for prosperity and safety.
	www.discover-japan.info /japan_regions_tohoku_aomori.htm (347 words)

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