Hokutan Horonai coal mine
The Horonai coal mine is the oldest mine of the Ishikari coalfield of the Sorachi mining region on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Since its privatisation in 1889, the mine came under the management of the Hokutan company until its closure in 1989.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mine
- Description: former coal mine in Sorachi, Hokkaido
- Also known as: “Horonai coal mine” and “幌内炭鉱跡”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mikasa Railway Memorial Museum.
Mikasa Railway Memorial Museum
Museum
Photo: 100yen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mikasa Railway Memorial Museum is situated 1 km northwest of Hokutan Horonai coal mine.
Hokutan Horonai coal mine
- Categories: historic site and industry
- Location: Mikasa Shi, Hokkaido, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude
43.21852° or 43° 13′ 7″ northLongitude
141.91037° or 141° 54′ 37″ eastOpen location code
8RM36W96+C4OpenStreetMap ID
node 13200505393OpenStreetMap feature
historic=mineWikidata ID
Q4571295
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Hokutan Horonai coal mine” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “幌內煤礦”
- Chinese: “幌内煤矿”
- Dutch: “Steenkoolmijn van Horonai”
- French: “mine de charbon Hokutan Horonai”
- French: “Mine de charbon Hokutan Horonai”
- Japanese: “北炭幌内炭鉱”
- Japanese: “幌内炭鉱”
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