Sagami Bay

Coordinates: 35°07′N 139°23′E / 35.117°N 139.383°E / 35.117; 139.383
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Viewed from Miura Peninsula.
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Location
Sagami Bay is located in Japan
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Location of Sagami Bay (Japan)
Sagami Bay is located in Kanagawa Prefecture
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Location of Sagami Bay (Kanagawa)

Sagami Bay (相模湾, Sagami-wan, also known as the Sagami Gulf or Sagami Sea) lies south of

Kamakura
.

History

The center of the

massive tsunami of 1498.[2]

Natural environment

A branch of the warm Kuroshio Current warms the bay, allowing it to host marine organisms typical of more southerly regions and giving a mild climate to the land bordering it. The maximum depth of Sagami Bay is about 1500 meters.

Organisms from sub-arctic regions are advected into the bay by intrusions of the Oyashio Current resulting in very high biodiversity.[3] It is the major study site for research programs at the University of Tokyo (ORI) and the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC).

In 2004, soil samples from Sagami Bay were found to contain

nuclear tests that took place from 1946 to 1958.[4]

The Hikiji River, Sagami River and Sakai River flow into the bay.

References

  1. ISBN 978-0743264655
    .
  2. ISBN 978-4-8461-0811-3
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  3. ^ CJO – Abstract – Biodiversity in midwater cnidarians and ctenophores: submersible-based results from deep-water bays in the Japan Sea and north-western Pacific
  4. ^ SEPA Archived 2004-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

External links

  • Media related to Sagami Bay at Wikimedia Commons}

35°07′N 139°23′E / 35.117°N 139.383°E / 35.117; 139.383

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