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The {{Nihongo|'''Bungo Channel'''|豊後水道|Bungo-suidō<ref>''Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan'', Teikoku-Shoin Co.,Ltd., Tokyo, {{ISBN|4-8071-0004-1}}</ref>}} is a [[strait]] separating the [[Japan]]ese islands of [[Kyushu]] and [[Shikoku]]. It connects the [[Philippine Sea]] and the [[Seto Inland Sea]] on the western end of Shikoku.<ref>[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA9983 "Bungo Kaikyō"] in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 91.</ref> The narrowest part of this channel is the [[Hōyo Strait]].
The {{Nihongo|'''Bungo Channel'''|豊後水道|Bungo-suidō<ref>''Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan'', Teikoku-Shoin Co., Ltd., Tokyo, {{ISBN|4-8071-0004-1}}</ref>}} is a [[strait]] separating the [[Japan]]ese islands of [[Kyushu]] and [[Shikoku]]. It connects the [[Philippine Sea]] and the [[Seto Inland Sea]] on the western end of Shikoku.<ref>[[Louis-Frédéric|Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric]]. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA9983 "Bungo Kaikyō"] in ''Japan Encyclopedia'', p. 91.</ref> The narrowest part of this channel is the [[Hōyo Strait]].


In the [[English-speaking world]], the Bungo Strait is most known as a setting in the 1958 [[World War II]] [[submarine]] film ''[[Run Silent, Run Deep (1958 film)|Run Silent, Run Deep]]'', based upon the best-selling 1955 novel by then-Commander [[Edward L. Beach Jr.]]<ref>Sheffield, Richard. (2009). {{Google books|axdDd82UO3EC|''Subs on the Hunt: 40 of the Greatest WWII Submarine War Patrols''|page=24}}; Leeman, Sergio and Robert Wise. (1995). ''Robert Wise on his Films: from Editing Room to Director's Chair,'' p. 145.</ref>
In the [[English-speaking world]], the Bungo Strait is most known as a setting in the 1958 [[World War II]] [[submarine]] film ''[[Run Silent, Run Deep (1958 film)|Run Silent, Run Deep]]'', based upon the best-selling 1955 novel by then-Commander [[Edward L. Beach Jr.]]<ref>Sheffield, Richard. (2009). {{Google books|axdDd82UO3EC|''Subs on the Hunt: 40 of the Greatest WWII Submarine War Patrols''|page=24}}; Leeman, Sergio and Robert Wise. (1995). ''Robert Wise on his Films: from Editing Room to Director's Chair,'' p. 145.</ref>
On 9 November, 1944, the USS Archer-Fish sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, just nine hours into its maiden voyage in the Bungo strait. Shinano had been built in secret after being converted to a carrier, from a battleship of the Yamato class.
On 9 November 1944, the USS Archer-Fish sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, just nine hours into its maiden voyage in the Bungo strait. Shinano had been built in secret after being converted to a carrier, from a battleship of the Yamato class.


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Revision as of 01:48, 8 January 2024

Bungo Channel
豊後水道 (Japanese)
Bungo Channel Map
Bungo Channel Map
Bungo Channel is located in Japan
Bungo Channel
Bungo Channel
Location of Bungo Channel
LocationJapan
Coordinates32°54′32″N 132°15′00″E / 32.909°N 132.25°E / 32.909; 132.25
Typestrait
Basin countriesJapan
SettlementsŌita, Uwajima, Seiyo, Sukumo
ReferencesBungo Strait: Japan National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA

The Bungo Channel (豊後水道, Bungo-suidō[1]) is a strait separating the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku. It connects the Philippine Sea and the Seto Inland Sea on the western end of Shikoku.[2] The narrowest part of this channel is the Hōyo Strait.

In the English-speaking world, the Bungo Strait is most known as a setting in the 1958 World War II submarine film Run Silent, Run Deep, based upon the best-selling 1955 novel by then-Commander Edward L. Beach Jr.[3] On 9 November 1944, the USS Archer-Fish sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano, just nine hours into its maiden voyage in the Bungo strait. Shinano had been built in secret after being converted to a carrier, from a battleship of the Yamato class.

Notes

  1. ^ Teikoku's Complete Atlas of Japan, Teikoku-Shoin Co., Ltd., Tokyo, ISBN 4-8071-0004-1
  2. ^ Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Bungo Kaikyō" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 91.
  3. ^ Sheffield, Richard. (2009). Subs on the Hunt: 40 of the Greatest WWII Submarine War Patrols, p. 24, at Google Books; Leeman, Sergio and Robert Wise. (1995). Robert Wise on his Films: from Editing Room to Director's Chair, p. 145.

References