Hiroshima Bay

Bay in Inland Sea
34°12′N 132°21′E / 34.200°N 132.350°E / 34.200; 132.350TypeBaySurface area1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi)Average depth25 metres (82 ft)

Hiroshima Bay (広島湾, Hiroshima-wan) is a bay in the Inland Sea, Japan.[1] Administratively, the bay is divided between Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefectures. The bay's shore is a Ria. Its surface area is about 1,000 square kilometres (390 sq mi), with a mean depth of 25 metres (82 ft).

Municipalities

  • Kure, Hiroshima
  • Saka, Hiroshima
  • Kaita, Hiroshima
  • Fuchū, Hiroshima
  • Hiroshima
  • Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima
  • Ōtake, Hiroshima
  • Etajima, Hiroshima
  • Waki, Yamaguchi
  • Iwakuni, Yamaguchi

Major rivers

  • Kyōbashi River
  • Motoyasu River
  • Ōta River
  • Oze River
  • Tenma River

Major islands

  • Kanawajima
  • Tōgejima
  • Ninoshima
  • Enoshima
  • Etajima
  • Ōnasabijima (Ōnasamitō)
  • Ogurokamijima
  • Nomijima
    • West Nomijima
    • East Nomijima
  • Ōkurokamishima
  • Kurahashijima
  • Nasakejima
  • Atatajima
  • Inokojima
  • Itsukushima
  • Nagashima
  • Okinoshima
  • Kabutojima

Trivia

Jaco Pastorius once threw his "Bass of Doom" (Fender Jazz Bass) into the Hiroshima Bay.

References

  1. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hiroshima Wan" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 320, p. 320, at Google Books.

External links

  • Media related to Hiroshima Bay at Wikimedia Commons
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International
  • VIAF
National
  • Israel
  • United States
  • Japan


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