Scapa Flow

Japanese: スカパ･フロー（英語表記）Scapa Flow

A bay in the south of the Orkney Islands, northeast of Scotland. It is bounded by the main island of Pomona and the island of Hoy, and is 24 km long, 13 km wide, and has an area of 125 km2. It is a strategic point in the waters connecting the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. In June 1914, Admiral John Rushworth Jellicoe (1859-1935) selected it as the base for the British Grand Fleet, and it was used during World War I. In 1918, the German fleet was sent here after its surrender, but it refused to be handed over to the Allies, and most of its ships were scuttled here in June 1919.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

イギリスのスコットランド北東のオークニー諸島の南にある海湾。主島ポモナとホイ島に囲まれ，長さ24km，幅13km，面積125km2。北海と大西洋の接続水域にある要衝。1914年6月，ジェリコー提督John Rushworth Jellicoe(1859‐1935)により，イギリス大艦隊の根拠地に選定され，第1次世界大戦中使用された。18年ドイツ艦隊は降状後ここに回航されたが，連合国に引渡しを拒み，19年6月，大部分はここで自沈した。

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