Tsunoshima
Tsunoshima is an island located in the Sea of Japan. Located in the north west of Yamaguchi Prefecture, it is a part of Shimonoseki city. The island has an area of 4.1 square kilometers and has a coastline of 17.1 kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan
- Also known as: “Tunonima”
Photo: T yassy, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Tsunoshima Lighthouse and Hatoshima.
Tsunoshima Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: 流しのインストーラ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tsunoshima Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the island of Tsunoshima in the city of Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is notable as being one of only six lighthouses in Japan which had a first order Fresnel lens, the most powerful type of Fresnel lens.
Tsunoshima
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, Chugoku, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
34.35743° or 34° 21′ 27″ northLongitude
130.85941° or 130° 51′ 34″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)United Nations Location Code
JP TNSOpen location code
8Q6G9V45+XQOpenStreetMap ID
way 330063680OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Vietnamese—“Tsunoshima” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “角岛”
- Chinese: “角島”
- Dutch: “Tsunoshima”
- French: “Tsunoshima”
- Japanese: “Tsuno Shima”
- Japanese: “つのしま”
- Japanese: “角島”
- Russian: “Цуно”
- Vietnamese: “Tsunoshima”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tsunoshima Elementary School and 小串警察署角島駐在所.
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