Noto Peninsula
Appearance
Native name: 能登半島 | |
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![]() Landsat image with high-resolution data from Space Shuttle | |
![]() Topographic map of Noto Peninsula | |
Geography | |
Location | Sea of Japan |
Coordinates | 37°12′N 136°54′E / 37.2°N 136.9°E |
Administration | |
Japan | |
Prefecture | Ishikawa Prefecture |
The Noto Peninsula (能登半島, Noto-hantō) is a peninsula that lies north into the Sea of Japan from the coast of Ishikawa Prefecture in central Honshū, the main island of Japan. The name comes from Ainu not 'cape' or noto 'big cape'.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Vovin, Alexander (2020). A Descriptive and Comparative Grammar of Western Old Japanese (2nd ed.). Leiden, Boston: Brill. p. 63. ISBN 978-90-04-42211-7.