Seto Inland Sea [001]

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Title Seto Inland Sea [001]
Photo Number Box 63, Tokaido Right Screen, 27
Description Photograph of Seto Inland Sea
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1963
Subject Inland Sea (Japan)--Photographs; Seashore--Photographs; Clouds--Photographs; Islands--Photographs; Pine--Photographs; Japan; Trees; Seashore
Keywords Seto Naikai
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Inland Sea (Japan)
Caption on Slide Inland Sea from Yashima Plateau, Yashima, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "The Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai), often shortened to Inland Sea, is the body of water separating Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū, three of the main islands of Japan. It serves as an international waterway, connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Sea of Japan. It connects to Osaka Bay and provides a sea transport link to industrial centers in the Kansai region, including Osaka and Kobe...Yamaguchi, Hiroshima, Okayama, Hyōgo, Osaka, Kagawa, Ehime, Fukuoka, and Ōita prefectures all have coastlines on the Inland Sea; the cities of Hiroshima, Iwakuni, Takamatsu, and Matsuyama are also located on it."--Wikipedia. Note: "Yashima is a peninsula of lava situated to the east of Takamatsu in the northern part of Kagawa that protrudes out into the Seto Inland Sea."--Japan National Tourism Organization website.
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6g45775
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 340105
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6g45775
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