Back Kii boğazı Azerbaijani Кии (проток) Bulgarian Kii Suidō CEB Kii-Kanal German Canal de Kii French מצר קיאי HE Կիի (նեղուց) Armenian Canale di Kii Italian 紀伊水道 Japanese 기이 수도 Korean
| Kii Channel | |
|---|---|
| 紀伊水道 (Japanese) | |
Landsat 7 view of Kii Channel | |
  Kii Channel Location in Japan | |
| Coordinates | 33°58′09″N 134°52′19″E / 33.9692°N 134.872°E |
| Type | strait |
| Basin countries | Japan |
The Kii Channel (紀伊水道, Kii-suidō[1]), also called the Kii Strait,[2][3] is a strait separating the Japanese island of Shikoku from the Kii Peninsula on the main island of Honshū. This strait connects the Inland Sea with the Pacific Ocean.
The name of the strait derives from Kii Province, a former province on the Kii Peninsula.
The strait is surrounded by Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku, Wakayama Prefecture on Honshū, and the southern coast of Awaji Island in Hyōgo Prefecture. It is connected to Osaka Bay via the Kitan Strait and to Harima Nada (the eastern part of the Inland Sea) by the Naruto Strait.
Western maps from the 19th century also refer to this waterway as the Linschoten Strait.[4]
- ^ Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan, ISBN 4-8071-0004-1
- ^ "Marine Gazetteer Placedetails". marineregions.org. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ^ Library of Congress (2006). Library of Congress Subject Headings. Library of Congress. p. 3782.
- ^ Taylor, Bayard. Japan, In Our Day. New York: Scribner, Armstrong, and Co, 1872. Preface map.