Shiretoko Peninsula
The Shiretoko Peninsula is located on the easternmost portion of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, protruding into the Sea of Okhotsk. It is separated from Kunashiri Island by the Nemuro Strait.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as: “Shiretoko Hanto” and “Shiretoko-hantō”
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Photo: Highten31, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Onnebetsu.
Mount Onnebetsu
Peak
Photo: Highten31, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Onnebetsu is a Quaternary stratovolcano. Its summit is 1,330.4 metres above sea level. It is located on Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula on the border of Shari in Shari District, Okhotsk and Rausu in Menashi District, Nemuro.
Shiretoko Peninsula
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Yue Chinese—“Shiretoko Peninsula” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Շիրետոկո”
- Azerbaijani: “Siretoko yarımadası”
- Azerbaijani: “Şiretoko yarımadası”
- Basque: “Shiretoko penintsula”
- Catalan: “Península de Shiretoko”
- Cebuano: “Shiretoko Hantō”
- Chinese: “知床半島”
- Croatian: “Shiretoko”
- Czech: “poloostrov Širetoko”
- Czech: “Širetoko”
- Dutch: “Shiretoko schiereiland”
- Esperanto: “Duoninsulo Ŝiretoko”
- French: “péninsule de Shiretoko”
- French: “Péninsule de Shiretoko”
- German: “Shiretoko-Halbinsel”
- Greek: “Χερσόνησος Σιρετόκο”
- Hebrew: “שירטוקו”
- Hungarian: “Siretoko-félsziget”
- Italian: “Penisola di Shiretoko”
- Japanese: “しれとこはんとう”
- Japanese: “シレトコハントウ”
- Japanese: “知床半島”
- Korean: “시레토코반도”
- Polish: “Półwysep Shiretoko”
- Polish: “Shiretoko”
- Portuguese: “Península de Shiretoko”
- Portuguese: “Shiretoko”
- Russian: “Сиретоко”
- Spanish: “Península de Shiretoko”
- Tamil: “சிறேதொகோ தீபகற்பம்”
- Thai: “คาบสมุทรชิเรโตโกะ”
- Turkish: “Shiretoko Yarımadası”
- Ukrainian: “Сіретоко”
- Uzbek: “Shiretoko yarimoroli”
- Wu Chinese: “知床半岛”
- Yue Chinese: “知床半島”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Utoro-kogen and Utoro-nishi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Mount Chinishibetsu and Oshinkoshinno Taki.
Hokkaido: Must-Visit Destinations
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