Kadano Seto - Kadano Seto

…The narrowest part of the strait, connecting Takurazaki in Wakayama City and Oishi-no-hana in Sumoto City, is only about 10 km wide. The two islands of Jinoshima and Okinoshima, collectively known as Tomogashima, float in the strait, and the strait is divided into three parts by these two islands, and the strait is named, from east to west, Kada-no-seto (also known as Jino-seto, about 800 m wide) between the Kii Peninsula and Jinoshima, Naka-no-seto (about 500 m wide) between Jinoshima and Okinoshima, and Yura-seto (about 4 km wide) between Okinoshima and Awaji Island. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kadano Seto" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…和歌山市の田倉崎と洲本市の生石鼻（おいしのはな）を結ぶ最狭部は幅わずかに約10kmである。友ヶ島と総称される地ノ島，沖ノ島の2島が海峡に浮かび，これら2島によって三分された海峡は，東から順に，紀伊半島と地ノ島間の加太（かだ）ノ瀬戸(別名地ノ瀬戸。幅約800m)，地ノ島と沖ノ島間の中ノ瀬戸(幅約500m)，沖ノ島と淡路島間の由良（ゆら）瀬戸(幅約4km)と名づけられる。…

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