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Higashikagawa City, Kagawa Prefecture, Japani
Regional Level Types
Higashikagawa CityCity
Kagawa PrefecturePrefecture
JapanCountry

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Type:
Mindat Locality ID:
338342
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:338342:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
French:
Higashikagawa, mer intérieure de Seto, Japon
German:
Higashikagawa, Seto-Inlandsee, Japan
Italian:
Higashikagawa, Mare interno di Seto, Giappone
Russian:
Хигасикагава, Внутреннее Японское море, Япония
Simplified Chinese:
東香川市, 瀨戶內海, 日本
Spanish:
Higashikagawa, mar interior de Seto, Japón
Arabic:
هيغاشيكاغاوا , بحر سيتو الداخلي, اليابان
Asturian:
Higashikagawa, Mar Interior de Sebe, Xapón
Bengali:
হিগাশিকাগাওয়া, কাগাওয়া প্রশাসনিক অঞ্চল, জাপান
Cebuano:
Higashikagawa Shi, Kagawa-ken, Hapon
Classical Chinese:
東香川市, 瀨戶內海, 日本
Danish:
Higashikagawa, Kagawa-præfekturet, Japan
Dutch:
Higashikagawa, Japanse Binnenzee, Japan
Esperanto:
Higashikagawa, Gubernio Kagaŭa, Japanio
Farsi/Persian:
هیگاشی‌کاگاوا, دریای داخلی ستو, ژاپن
Finnish:
Higashikagawa, Seton sisämeri, Japani
Galician:
Higashikagawa, Mar Interior de Seto, Xapón
Greek:
Χιγκασικαγκάβα, Εσωτερική Θάλασσα της Ιαπωνίας, Ιαπωνία
Gujarati:
હિગાશિકાગાવા, કાગાવા પ્રીફેકચર, જાપાન
Hebrew:
היגשיקגווה, הים הפנימי סטו, יפן
Hindi:
हिगाशिकागावा, कगावा प्रीफेक्चर, जापान
Indonesian:
Higashikagawa, Laut Pedalaman Seto, Jepang
Japanese:
東かがわ市, 瀬戸内海, 日本
Kannada:
ಹಿಗಾಶಿಕಾಗಾವಾ, ಕಾಗಾವಾ ಪ್ರಿಫೆಕ್ಚರ್, ಜಪಾನ್
Korean:
히가시카가와시, 세토 내해, 일본
Latvian:
Higašikava, Seto jūra, Japāna
Lithuanian:
Higašigava, Vidinė Japonijos jūra, Japonija
Malay:
Higashikagawa, Laut Pedalaman Seto, Jepun
Marathi:
हिगशिकागावा, कागावा, जपान
Mazanderani:
هیگاشی کاگاوا، کاگاوا, جاپون
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Higasikagawa-chhī, Lōa-hō͘ lāi-hái, Ji̍t-pún
Norwegian:
Higashikagawa, Innlandshavet, Japan
Polish:
Higashikagawa, Morze Wewnętrzne, Japonia
Portuguese:
Higashikagawa, Mar Interior, Japão
Romanian:
Higashikagawa, Prefectura Kagawa, Japonia
Sinhalese:
හිගශිකගාවා, කගවා ප්‍රාන්තය, ජපානය
South Azerbaijani:
هیقاشی‌کاقاوا، کاقاوا, داخیلی ژاپون دنیزی, ژاپون
Swedish:
Higashikagawa, Japanska innanhavet, Japan
Tagalog:
Higashikagawa, Panloob na Dagat, Hapon
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Ҳигашикагава, Префектураи Кагава, Ҷопон
Tamil:
ஹிகாஷிகாகவா, ககவா ப்ரீபெக்ட்டுர், யப்பான்
Telugu:
హైగాశికాగావా, కగావా ప్రిఫెక్చర్, జపాన్
Thai:
ฮิงะชิกะงุระ, ทะเลเซโตะใน, ประเทศญี่ปุ่น
Traditional Chinese:
東香川, 瀨戶內海, 日本
Turkish:
Higashikagawa, Seto İç Denizi, Japonya
Ukrainian:
Хіґаші-Каґава, Внутрішнє Японське море, Японія
Urdu:
حیجاشیکاجاوا, بحیرہ سيتو داخلی, جاپان
Vietnamese:
Higashikagawa, Biển nội địa Seto, Nhật Bản
Waray:
Higashikagawa, Sulod nga Dagat han Seto, Hapon


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Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences2
Youngest Fossil Listed72.1 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Oldest Fossil Listed83.6 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Izumi183.6 - 66 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Izumi - Tsubasayama Sandstone183.6 - 72.1 Ma (Late/Upper Cretaceous)
Fossils from RegionClick here to show the list.
Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Steinmanella
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Trigoniida : Steinmanellidae : Steinmanella83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trigonocallista
genus
Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Venerida : Veneridae : Trigonocallista83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Fossil LocalitiesClick to show 1 fossil locality

Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higashikagawa,_Kagawa
Wikidata ID:Q861255
GeoNames ID:7391347


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