Bungo Channel
The Bungo Channel is a strait separating the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku. It connects the Philippine Sea and the Seto Inland Sea on the western end of Shikoku.
Photo: OiOiO, Public domain.- Type: Channel
- Description: strait
- Also known as: “Bungo channel”, “Bungo Strait”, “Bungo Suido”, “Bungosuidó”, “Bungský průliv”, “Cieśnina Bungo”, “Estrecho de Bungo”, “Estreito de Bungo”, “estret de Bungo”, “Hayasui-nado”, “Hōyo Channel”, “Hōyokaikyo”, “Mar de Uwa”, and “průliv Bungo”
Bungo Channel
- Categories: strait, channel, and body of water
- Location: Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
33° north
Longitude
132.21667° or 132° 13′ east
Open location code
8Q5J2628+2M
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Vietnamese—“Bungo Channel” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Bunqo boğazı”
- Bulgarian: “Бунго (проток)”
- Bulgarian: “Бунго”
- Catalan: “canal de Bungo”
- Cebuano: “Bungo-suidō”
- Chinese: “丰后水道”
- Chinese: “豐後水道”
- Czech: “Bungo”
- Danish: “Bungokanalen”
- Esperanto: “Markolo Bungo”
- French: “détroit de Bungo”
- French: “Détroit de Bungo”
- German: “Meerenge von Bungo”
- Hebrew: “תעלת בונגו”
- Indonesian: “Selat Bungo”
- Italian: “Canale di Bungo”
- Japanese: “豊後水道”
- Korean: “분고 수도”
- Lithuanian: “Bungo sąsiauris”
- Persian: “کانال بونگو”
- Polish: “Bungo”
- Polish: “Kanał Bungo”
- Portuguese: “Canal de Bungo”
- Russian: “Бунго (пролив)”
- Russian: “Бунго”
- Slovak: “Bunský prieliv”
- Slovenian: “Bungoški preliv”
- Spanish: “Bungo Suidō”
- Swedish: “Bungokanalen”
- Thai: “ช่องแคบบุงโงะ”
- Vietnamese: “Kênh Bungo”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Ōshima and Ajiro.
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Highlights: Mizunoko Light and Mizunoko-shima.
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