| 1882 Perron map TSUGARU STRAIT, BETWEEN HOKKAIDO AND HONSHU, JAPAN, #132 |
Nice small map titled Detroit de Tsougar, entre Yeso et Hondo, from wood engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. size with margins is 21 x 16 cm. From La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes, 19 vol. (1875-94), great work of Elisee Reclus. Cartographer is Charles Perron.
Tsugaru Strait
Japanese Tsugaru-kaikyo,
strait of the northwest Pacific extending east from the Sea of
Japan to the open ocean between the Japanese islands of Honshu (south)
and Hokkaido. It is 15 to 25 miles (24 to 40 km) wide. The strait
takes the Tsugaru Current, a warmer and saltier flow that is an
extension of the Tsushima Drift, and carries it into the Pacific.
Hakodate is a port city on Hokkaido; Aomori is its complement on
Mutsu Bay, Honshu. The Seikan Tunnel linking Aomori and Hakodate
cities runs beneath the strait.