Cape Sōya
Northernmost point of Hokkaidō, Japan, with multiple memorials.
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Cape Sōya (宗谷岬, Sōya-misaki) is the northernmost point of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan, located in Wakkanai, Sōya Subprefecture.
Background
Cape Sōya is called notetu in the Ainu language, where not means chin or cape, and etu means nose. The name Soya is theorised to come from so ya in Ainu, meaning 'Rocky shore'. The cape hosts more than ten monuments, including the Monument of the Northernmost Point of Japan, though the true northernmost point under Japanese control is the deserted island of Benten-jima, 1 kilometer northwest.
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- Wikipedia: Cape Sōya (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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