Cruises from Shiretoko Peninsula
Shiretoko Peninsula is located at the NE tip of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, facing on the NW side the Sea of Okhotsk, and on the E side Nemuro Strait. Twenty-five kilometres across the strait is Kunashiri Island of Russia. (Kunashiri is the southernmost of the Kuril Islands, a volcanic chain.) The peninsula may be the last remaining unexplored region of Japan, and has been declared a national park and national marine park.
Read moreThe region is globally important for threatened sea birds and migratory birds, a number of salmonid species, and for a number of marine mammals, including the Steller’s sea lion, and some cetacean species.
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