Bōsō Peninsula

Geographical location

The Boso Peninsula (房 総 半岛jap, Boso Hanto ) is a peninsula in Chiba Prefecture on the Japanese island of Honshu. It forms the eastern side of Tokyo Bay, separating it from the Pacific Ocean.

Etymology

The name and Kanji letters of the peninsula was composed of the former province of Japan that were here: Awa, also Boshu (房 州) called, delivered the first kanji, Kazusa and Shimousa, both together after their predecessors province Fusa also Soshu (総 州 ), called the second.

Geography

The largest part of the peninsula consists of the Boso Hill Country (房 総 丘陵, Boso - kyūryō ), its highest elevation of Atago -yama with 408.2 m. In the south, this is characterized by distortions and tend to the height profile of the peninsula falls to north. To the east of the peninsula, the Kujukuri- plane extends along the Pacific coast (九 十九 里 平野, Kujukuri- heiya ) and to the west by the Tokyo Bay estuary diverse levels. In a broader sense the Boso Peninsula nor that north to the hill country covers (下 総 台地, Shimousa - daichi ) to the still more northerly Niederungstal the Tone -gawa subsequent Shimousa plateau.

The western coastal areas of Kisarazu in Chiba south to the north have dense, urban structures, while the other coastal plains and river valleys in the interior are mainly used for rice cultivation.

The Tokyo Wan Aqua -Line, a combination of bridge and tunnel across the Tokyo Bay, connects Kisarazu and the city of Kawasaki in Kanagawa Prefecture.