Cape Erimo
{{Short description|Cape in Hokkaidō, Japan}}
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{{Location map|Japan Hokkaido|width=220|caption=Cape Erimo|alt=Cape Erimo|relief=1|label=Cape Erimo|lat_deg=|lon_deg=}}File:Cape Erimo from ISS 2009 2.jpg on October 11, 2009|348x348px]]
{{nihongo|Cape Erimo|襟裳岬|Erimo-misaki}} is a cape in Hokkaidō, located at {{coord|41.924444|N|143.248333|E||display=inline, title}}. It is the de facto southern tip of Hidaka Mountains.
Description
Hot and cold fronts meet near the cape, thus creating a dense mist which covers the cape for more than 100 days a year. Wind blows here at a speed of {{cvt|10|m/s|mph}} for almost 300 days a year. Every year, more than 400,000 tourists visit Cape Erimo. Rare species of Kuril Seals live there.
= Asteroid =
The main-belt asteroid 5331 Erimomisaki, discovered by amateur astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe in 1990, was named after Cape Erimo.
Climate
{{Erimomisaki weatherbox}}
References
{{reflist|refs=
|title = 5331 Erimomisaki (1990 BT1)
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=5331
|accessdate = 15 May 2018}}
}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- Natural Beauty of Japan, NHK
- [http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/hokkaido/erimomisaki.html Japan National Tourist Organization]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060516110625/http://www.sizenken.biodic.go.jp/pc/wet_en/36/36.html Erimo-misaki Nearshore Waters]
Category:Tourist attractions in Hokkaido
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