# Mutsure Island

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{{Short description|Island near Shimonoseki, Japan}}
'''Mutsure Island''' ({{langx|ja|六連島}}) is an island due west of [Shimonoseki](/source/Shimonoseki) in the [Sea of Japan](/source/Sea_of_Japan).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Visit the "Island of Flowers", Home to One of Japan's Oldest Western Style Lighthouses! |url=http://setouchifinder.com/en/detail/2906 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Stouchi Finder |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Foundation |first=Lloyd's Register |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HpjzEAAAQBAJ&dq=Mutsure+Island&pg=PA929 |title=Lloyd's Register OneOcean's Guide to Port Entry 1989-1990 Nations A-L |date=1989-01-01 |publisher=Lloyd's Register |language=en}}</ref>
thumb|Matsure Island (right)

On March 20, 2024, nine people were killed when a [South Korean](/source/South_Korea)-[registered](/source/Ship_registration) [tanker](/source/Tanker_(ship)) ''[Keoyoung Sun](/source/Keoyoung_Sun)'' laden  with 980 tons of [acrylic acid](/source/acrylic_acid) capsized off the island.<ref>{{Cite web |title=At least eight dead as South Korean-flagged tanker capsizes off Japan |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/20/several-missing-as-south-korean-flagged-tanker-capsizes-off-japan |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Mutsurejima}}
*[https://www.pref.yamaguchi.lg.jp/soshiki/30/14132.html Mutsure Island on Yamaguchi Prefecture's website]
* [http://www.yado.co.jp/kankou/yamaguti/shimonoseki/mutsurejima/index.htm Mutsure Island on yado.co.jp]

{{Coord missing|Yamaguchi Prefecture}}

Category:Islands of Yamaguchi Prefecture
Category:Shimonoseki

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