Ishinomaki Bay

Japanese: 石巻湾 - いしのまきわん
Ishinomaki Bay

A branch bay of the northern part of Sendai Bay in northern Miyagi Prefecture. The border is Ishinomaki City, and it is divided into the ria rocky coast of the Oshika Peninsula in the east and the flat sandy coast in the west. The eastern part has many inlets, such as Tashiro Island, Aji Island, Ayukawa Bay, and Mangokuura, where shallow water aquaculture of seaweed, oysters, and wakame seaweed is carried out, and the production of seed oysters in particular is one of the leading in the country. In the western part, the extension of the Sanuma lowlands and the Oyachi lowlands is a coastline blocked by beach ridges, into which the old Kitakami River, Jogawa River, and Narusegawa River flow. At the mouth of the Jogawa River is the excavated Ishinomaki Industrial Port.

[Kotaro Aoyagi]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

宮城県北部、仙台湾北部の支湾。石巻市を境として東部の牡鹿半島(おしかはんとう)のリアス式岩石海岸と西部の平坦(へいたん)な砂質海岸とに分けられる。東部は田代(たしろ)島、網地(あじ)島や、鮎川(あゆかわ)湾、万石(まんごく)浦など湾入が多く、ノリ、カキ、ワカメなどの浅海養殖が行われ、とくに種ガキの生産は全国でも有数である。西部は、佐沼低地帯、大谷地(おおやち)低地帯の延長部が、浜堤列で閉塞(へいそく)された海岸線で、旧北上川、定川(じょうがわ)、鳴瀬川(なるせがわ)が流入している。定川河口には掘込み式の石巻工業港がある。

[青柳光太郎]

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