Jōgashima

Coordinates: 35°08′06″N 139°37′12″E / 35.135°N 139.62°E / 35.135; 139.62
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Aerial view of Jōgashima.
Misaki harbour
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Jōgashima (城ヶ島, Jōgashima) is an island in the municipality of Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, off the southernmost tip of Miura Peninsula, facing Sagami Bay.[1]

It is home to the Jōgashima Lighthouse, the fourth oldest western style lighthouse to be built in Japan. Jōgashima Park is located on the eastern part of the island.[1]

Jōgashima is connected to the mainland by a

box-girder bridge since 1959, which was the longest in Asia in 1963.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "JOGASHIMA ISLAND by TRAIN or CAR" (PDF). The Fleet and Family Support Center, Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan. April 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Recently Jogashima and Miura have been linked by the longest box-girder bridge in the Orient. The total length of the bridge is 575 meters; the central span is 90 meters long, the adjoining spans 70.3 meters and the remaining spans 40 meters" Japan's construction, 1963, Kaigai Kensetsu Kyōkai (Japan)

35°08′06″N 139°37′12″E / 35.135°N 139.62°E / 35.135; 139.62