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Kinkasan (金華山, Kinkasan, or Kinkazan), is a small island in Miyagi Prefecture in north-eastern Japan. It lies in the Pacific Ocean approximately one kilometer off the Oshika Peninsula.




Geography


Kinkasan is 9.5 km2 (3.7 sq mi) in area, and its highest point is the pyramid-shaped Mount Kinka, which stands at 445 m (1,460 ft).
It can be reached by ferry from Ishinomaki.




History


There is a shrine on the island, called Koganeyama-jinja, which dates from the 8th century.




References






External links


Media related to Kinkasan (Miyagi) at Wikimedia Commons

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