Mutsu Bay
Bay in Aomori, Japan
title: "Mutsu Bay" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["bays-of-japan", "tourist-attractions-in-aomori-prefecture", "landforms-of-aomori-prefecture", "mutsu,-aomori", "aomori-(city)", "yokohama,-aomori", "noheji,-aomori", "hiranai,-aomori", "sotogahama,-aomori"] description: "Bay in Aomori, Japan" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutsu_Bay" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Bay in Aomori, Japan ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox body of water"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Mutsu Bay |
| image | Tsugaru Strait (English).png |
| caption | A map of Mutsu Bay and its surroundings |
| location | Aomori Prefecture, Japan |
| coords | |
| oceans | Pacific Ocean |
| depth | 40 m |
| countries | Japan |
| length | 40 km |
| width | 40 km |
| area | 1668 km2 |
| settlements | Aomori, Mutsu |
| pushpin_map | Japan |
| :: |
|name= Mutsu Bay |image= Tsugaru Strait (English).png |caption = A map of Mutsu Bay and its surroundings |location= Aomori Prefecture, Japan |coords= |rivers= |oceans= Pacific Ocean |depth= 40 m |countries= Japan |length= 40 km |width= 40 km |area=1668 km2 |settlements= Aomori, Mutsu |references= | pushpin_map = Japan |islands= Mutsu Bay is a bay located within Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of northern Japan. It has an east-west distance of approximately 40 km and a north-south distance of approximately 40 km at its eastern end, with a total area of approximately 1667.89 sqkm.
Names
Mutsu Bay is the dominant English term used in English for the body of water; however, it has historically been referred to as the Gulf of Mutsu. The Japanese name for the body of water is Mutsu-wan.
Geography
Mutsu Bay is bordered by the Tsugaru Peninsula to the west and the Shimokita Peninsula to the east and north. It has an east-west distance of approximately 40 km and a north-south distance of approximately 40 km at its eastern end, with a total area of approximately 1667.89 sqkm. The outlet of the bay is the 14 km wide Tairadate Strait which connects Mutsu Bay to the Tsugaru Strait separating the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido. The bay has an average depth of 40 to, with a maximum depth of 70 m near its outlet to the Tsugaru Strait.
Mutsu Bay includes Aomori Bay in the southwest, Noheji Bay in the southeast, and Ōminato Bay to the northeast.
Resources
Economically, the shallow waters of the bay are an important fishery, with the cultivation of scallops predominating. Other products commercially harvested include Sea cucumber, Olive flounder and Ascidiacea. The fisheries were severely damaged by the 2010 Northern Hemisphere summer heat waves.
In the year 2002, the Ministry of the Environment classified some tidal flats of the eastern Mutsu Bay shoreline to be one of the 500 Important Wetlands in Japan.
Pacific white-sided dolphins are regular migrants into the bay annually, and whale watching and surveys using ferries have been conducted.
Gallery
File:Aomori Bay Asamushi Onsen Japan02bs5.jpg|Mutsu Bay from Asamushi Onsen File:Mutsu bay 陸奥湾 (2973091461).jpg|Mutsu Bay File:Aomori Bay 17-Sept-2018 p2.jpg|The southern part of Mutsu Bay as seen from the air over the Tsugaru Peninsula. Aomori Bay is in the center of the photograph with Noheji Bay in the top left corner.
References
Notes
References
- (1927). "1927 Railway Map of Japan and Korea". Tokyo Tsukiji Type Foundry Ltd..
- link. Ministry of the Environment of Japan. (1 April 2004)
- link. [[Sankei Shimbun]]. (April 10, 2008)
- (2011). "Fisheries Management in Japan: Its institutional features and case studies". Springer Science & Business Media.
- (2002). "500 Important Wetlands in Japan". The Ministry of the Environment, Japan.
- [[:ja:むつ湾フェリー. Mutsuwan Ferry]]. [http://www.dolphin.aomori.jp/ 青森・陸奥湾 イルカ情報]. Retrieved on March 25, 2017
- Kiyokawa H.. 2016. [http://www.aomori-u.ac.jp/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/17-02-02-article-02.pdf. Study on the Migratory Behavior of Pacific White-Sided Dolphin Lagenorhynchus obliquidens in The Mutsu Bay, Aomori Prefecture] (pdf). Journal of [[Aomori University]] Multidisciplinary Research Institute. Vol.17, No.2, pp.12-25. Retrieved on March 25, 2017
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