Kagoshima Bay (Japan)

LC control no.	sh2016002593
Geographic heading	Kagoshima Bay (Japan) *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Geographic subdivision usage	Japan--Kagoshima Bay
Variant(s)	Gulf of Kagoshima (Japan) Kagoshima Kaiwan (Japan) Kagoshima Wan (Japan) Kagosima Kaiwan (Japan) Kinko Bay (Japan) Kinkō-wan (Japan)
See also	Bays--Japan *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Found in	Work cat.: 2016589690: Japan. Kaigunshō. Suirobu. Satsugū naikai no zu = Gulf of Kagoshima, 1872: map recto (Gulf of Kagoshima) GEOnet, Nov. 14, 2016 (Kagoshima Wan (approved); bay; Japan, Kagoshima; 31°25'00"N, 130°38'00"E; non-roman script: 鹿児島湾; variant: Kagoshima Bay, Kagoshima Kaiwan, Kagoshima-wan, Kagosima Kaiwan, Kinkō-wan) Columbia Gazetteer, Nov. 14, 2016 (Kagoshima Bay; Kagoshima-wan, inlet of East China Sea, S Kyushu, SW Japan, in Kagoshima prefecture, between Satsuma (W) and Osumi (E) peninsulas; c.45 mi/72 km long, 13 mi/21 km wide. Sakurajima (NW projection of Osumi Peninsula) is opposite Kagoshima on W shore of bay. Also called Kinko Bay.) Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary, Nov. 14, 2016 (Kagoshima Bay; a deep inlet on S coast of Kyūshū, Japan)