Cape Kamui
神威岬 (Kamui misaki) | |
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 Cape Kamui on the Shakotan Peninsula | |
  Cape Kamui | |
| Coordinates: 43°19′48.35″N 140°21′12.51″E / 43.3300972°N 140.3534750°E | |
| Location | Hokkaido, Japan |
| Offshore water bodies | Sea of Japan |
Cape Kamui (神威岬, Kamui misaki) is located on the western part of Shakotan, Hokkaido, Japan.[1] Its lighthouse, the Cape Kamui Lighthouse, overlooks the Sea of Japan. An earthquake off the cape on 2 August 1940 resulted in a tsunami that killed ten people.[2]
