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.
Photo: Trengarasu, Public domain.
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula in Hokkaido, Japan
- Also known as: “poloostrov Širetoko”, “Shiretoko Hanto”, and “Shiretoko-hantō”
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights: Mount Onnebetsu.
Shiretoko Peninsula
Latitude
44° north
Longitude
145° east
Elevation
811 metres (2,661 feet)
Open location code
8RP72222+22
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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: “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”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Utoro-kogen and Utoro-nishi.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Mount Chinishibetsu and Oshinkoshinno Taki.
Hokkaido: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Sapporo and Hakodate.
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