Cape Erimo



Cape Erimo (襟裳岬) is a cape in Hokkaidō, located at °N, °W. It is the de facto southern tip of Hidaka Mountains.

Description
Hot and cold fronts meet near the cape, thus creating a dense mist which covers the cape for more than 100 days a year. Wind blows here at a speed of 10 m/s for almost 300 days a year. Every year, more than 400,000 tourists visit Cape Erimo. Rare species of Kuril Seals live there.

Asteroid
The main-belt asteroid 5331 Erimomisaki, discovered by amateur astronomers Kin Endate and Kazuro Watanabe in 1990, was named after Cape Erimo.