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Kii Channel

Strait connecting the Seto Inland Sea and the Pacific Ocean

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the view of Kii Channel in Japan, from Landsat, generated on NASA World Wind.
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The name of the strait derives from Kii Province, a former province on the Kii Peninsula.

The strait is surrounded by Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku, Wakayama Prefecture on Honshū, and the southern coast of Awaji Island in Hyōgo Prefecture. It is connected to Osaka Bay via the Kitan Strait and to Harima Nada (the eastern part of the Inland Sea) by the Naruto Strait. Part of the channel is designated as Setonaikai National Park.

Western maps from the 19th century also refer to this waterway as the Linschoten Strait.

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