Omaezaki

Japanese: 御前崎 - おまえざき

A district in southern Shizuoka Prefecture facing the Enshu Nada Sea and Suruga Bay. Former town name. In 1955, Omaezaki Village and Shiraha Village were combined to form a town. In April 2004, it merged with Hamaoka Town to form Omaezaki City. It is an uplifted plateau eroded by the sea, about 40 meters above sea level, and on the south side of the plateau there is a row of sand dunes that continues from the Enshu Nada coast, and at the end of the cape there is a wide flat rock (wave-cut platform) below the sea cliffs. Omaezaki, the central settlement, has been a base for bonito fishing since the early Meiji period, but now it is the second largest deep-sea fishing base after Yaizu, mainly for tuna longline fishing boats. It was not a good port in terms of natural conditions, but in 1959 a large breakwater was built on the north side of the cape and a refuge port was completed. Currently, in addition to deep-sea fishing, various facilities are in place, such as the loading of gravel from the Oi River and a lumber storage facility for imported lumber. Farming on the plateau is centered on field crops, producing vegetables and greenhouse melons. Since 1975, hotels and public lodgings have been built, and the area has developed into a tourist destination. The Shiraha wind-eroded gravel area, sea turtles and their egg-laying sites are natural monuments. The coast along the Enshu Nada Sea belongs to the Omaezaki Enshu Nada Prefectural Natural Park.

Omaezaki

Located in Omaezaki City in southern Shizuoka Prefecture, this cape juts out into the Enshu Nada Sea. It is an uplifted marine eroded plateau about 40m above sea level. A layer of rounded gravel called the Shiraha Gravel Layer, about 6m thick, has been deposited on the Neogene mudstone that forms the base of the plateau, and a long, narrow row of sand dunes stretches from east to west. Below the sea cliffs near the lighthouse at the tip is a wide flat rock (wave-cut platform), and offshore is the Omaezaki Reef. The western slope of the plateau is home to three-sided stones, which have been eroded by the strong winter westerly winds, and are designated as a national natural monument. It belongs to Omaezaki Enshu Nada Prefectural Natural Park.

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Japanese:

静岡県南部，遠州灘と駿河湾に臨む地区。旧町名。 1955年御前崎村と白羽村が合体して町制。 2004年4月，浜岡町と合併し御前崎市となる。標高約 40mの隆起海食台地で，台地の南側には遠州灘海岸から続く砂丘列があり，岬端部は海食崖の下に広い平磯 (波食台) がある。中心集落の御前崎は，明治初期からカツオ釣漁の根拠地であったが，現在はマグロ延縄漁船を中心に，焼津に次ぐ遠洋漁業基地となっている。自然条件からみて良港とはいえなかったが，1959年，岬の北側に大防波堤が築かれて避難港が完成した。現在，遠洋漁業のほか，大井川の砂利積み出しや木材 (外材) 移入による貯木場などの諸施設が整えられている。台地上では畑作中心の農業が営まれ，野菜，温室メロンなどを産する。 1975年以降，ホテルや国民宿舎ができ観光地としても発展。白羽の風食礫産地，ウミガメおよびその産卵地は天然記念物。遠州灘沿いの海岸は御前崎遠州灘県立自然公園に属する。

御前崎
おまえざき

静岡県南部，御前崎市にあり，遠州灘に突出した岬。標高 40m前後の隆起海食台地からなる。台地の基盤である新第三紀層泥岩の上に厚さ約 6mの白羽礫層と呼ばれる円礫層が堆積し，東西に延びる細長い砂丘列がある。先端灯台付近の海食崖の下には，広い平磯（波食台），沖合いに御前崎岩礁がある。台地の西傾斜面は冬の強い西風による風食礫である三稜石があり，国の天然記念物に指定されている。御前崎遠州灘県立自然公園に属する。

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