Cape Sata

Japanese: 佐多岬 - さたみさき
Cape Sata

Located at the southernmost tip of the Osumi Peninsula in Kagoshima Prefecture, near 31 degrees north latitude, it is the southernmost tip of Kyushu mainland. It belongs to Minami Osumi Town, Kimotsuki District. Tropical plants such as cycads, ako trees, Chinese fan palms, and tree fern grow around the cape, which is bordered by sea cliffs, making it feel like an isolated island in the South Seas. Behind it lies the Kimotsuki Mountains, where magnificent evergreen broad-leaved forests spread out. Most of this mountain range is made up of granite, but the area around the cape and the small islands of Owajima and Biroujima at its tip are made up of the Nichinan Group of the Paleogene period. It is incorporated into Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park, and there is also Sata Misaki Marine Park, where you can explore coral and tropical fish from a glass-bottom boat. It is a 20-minute bus ride from Odomari. It can be reached by taking National Route 269 - Major Prefectural Road - Sata Misaki Road Park.

[Kimihiko Tsukada]

Cape Sata
Kirishima-Kinkowan National Park. Minamiosumi-cho, Kimotsuki-gun, Kagoshima Prefecture © Kagoshima Prefecture Tourism Federation

Cape Sata


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

鹿児島県大隅半島(おおすみはんとう)の最南端、北緯31度付近に位置し、九州本土の最南端。肝属(きもつき)郡南大隅町に属す。海食崖(がい)に縁どられた岬周辺には、ソテツ、アコウ、ビロウ、ヘゴなどの熱帯植物が自生し、あたかも南海の孤島という感さえある。背後には肝属山地が迫り、そこには壮大な照葉樹林が展開する。この山地は大部分が花崗(かこう)岩類からなるが、岬付近やその先端にある大輪(おおわ)島、枇榔(びろう)島の小島は古第三紀の日南層群からなる。霧島錦江湾(きりしまきんこうわん)国立公園に編入されており、佐多岬海域公園もあり、グラスボートによるサンゴや熱帯魚の探索ができる。大泊(おおどまり)からバス20分。国道269号―主要地方道―佐多岬ロードパーク利用で達する。

[塚田公彦]

佐多岬
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佐多岬


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