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[[File: Teru shima Island reef Sea Cormorant Habitat. A.jpg|thumb|Tersuhima]]
[[File: Teru shima Island reef Sea Cormorant Habitat. A.jpg|thumb|Tersuhima]]

[[File: Teru shima Island reef Sea Cormorant Habitat. C.jpg|thumb|Terushima Cormorant Habitat seen over the [[Golf course#Greens|green]] of Onahama Ocean Golf Club. Photographed on October 25, 2023]]


[[File: A footnote to an aerial photograph image of Teru shima Island reef Sea Cormorant Habitat -English.jpg |thumb|Aerial photo of Terushima Cormorant Habitat. It is more like a [[reef]] than an island. Created based on aerial photos from the Map and Aerial Photo Viewing Service of the [[Geospatial Information Authority of Japan]], [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]. (Created using images taken on April 28, 2019)]]
[[File: A footnote to an aerial photograph image of Teru shima Island reef Sea Cormorant Habitat -English.jpg |thumb|Aerial photo of Terushima Cormorant Habitat. It is more like a [[reef]] than an island. Created based on aerial photos from the Map and Aerial Photo Viewing Service of the [[Geospatial Information Authority of Japan]], [[Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism]]. (Created using images taken on April 28, 2019)]]

Revision as of 05:24, 8 April 2024


Tersuhima
Terushima Cormorant Habitat seen over the green of Onahama Ocean Golf Club. Photographed on October 25, 2023
Aerial photo of Terushima Cormorant Habitat. It is more like a reef than an island. Created based on aerial photos from the Map and Aerial Photo Viewing Service of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. (Created using images taken on April 28, 2019)

Terushima Cormorant Habitat (照島ウ生息地, Terushima U Seisokuchi) is located in Shimokawa, Izumi-cho, Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and is a habitat for Japanese cormorants designated as a national natural monument[1][2]. Terushima is a small island made of tuffaceous sandstone with a cliff of 31 meters in height, located approximately 250 meters offshore from the coast of the mainland.[3][4]

Map of Japan with mark showing location of Terushima
Map of Japan with mark showing location of Terushima
Location of Terushima in Japan

The Japanese cormorant (Phalacrocorax capillatus) is a bird classified in the genus Cormorant, in the order Suliformes, and is known for its use in the traditional fishing method of cormorant fishing in Japan. They mainly live near the coast, and their habitat and breeding grounds in Japan range from the north of Honshu to the Hokkaido coast, as well as islands and cape reefs in northern Honshu. In the winter, they migrate to southwestern Honshu to overwinter. Terushima is located at the southernmost tip of the Tohoku region on the Pacific side, and they usually fly there from October to November and stay on the rocky area of the island, returning to the north of Japan around March to April of the following year, but some visit Terushima throughout the year. Some resident birds are seen, and a small number of these are known to breed on Terushima.

References

  1. ^ "照島ウ生息地". The Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Ecologically or Biologically Significant Marine Areas". Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  3. ^ "いわきの『今むがし』Vol.74". Iwaki City. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
  4. ^ "福島遺産". THE FUKUSHIMA MINYU SHIMBUN. Retrieved 8 April 2024.

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