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*''Japanese'': 紀伊大島 ''(Kii Ooshima)''
Kii Ôshima is an island in [[Wakayama prefecture]], administered as part of the town of Kushimoto. The island is known as the site of two notable early [[Meiji period]] shipwrecks: those of the British cargo ship ''[[Normanton]]'' and of the Ottoman naval vessel ''[[Ertugrul|Ertuğrul]]''. At that time, the island was home to some 400 households, divided into three villages.
The British cargo ship ''Normanton'' crashed there in [[1886]]. Four years later, the ''Ertuğrul'', carrying an official mission from the Ottoman sultan, became shipwrecked just off the coast of the island; over 500 men died, and 69 were rescued and cared for by the people of the island until they were able to be sent home to Turkey. A monument and museum associated with the ''Ertuğrul'' tragedy stand on the island today.
The Kashinozaki lighthouse on Kii Ôshima, already standing at the time of the [[1890]] ''Ertuğrul'' shipwreck, was the first modern stone lighthouse in Japan, and the first to employ a revolving, flashing, beacon. It was erected in [[1870]], and was one of twenty-six such lighthouses in Japan designed by Scottish engineer Richard Brunton.
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==References==
*"[http://www.nippon.com/en/genre/politics/l00127/ The Sinking of the “Ertugrul”: Japan and Turkey Mark the 125th Anniversary of the Tragedy]," ''Nippon.com'', 2 Oct 2015.
[[Category:Geographical Locations]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
Kii Ôshima is an island in [[Wakayama prefecture]], administered as part of the town of Kushimoto. The island is known as the site of two notable early [[Meiji period]] shipwrecks: those of the British cargo ship ''[[Normanton]]'' and of the Ottoman naval vessel ''[[Ertugrul|Ertuğrul]]''. At that time, the island was home to some 400 households, divided into three villages.
The British cargo ship ''Normanton'' crashed there in [[1886]]. Four years later, the ''Ertuğrul'', carrying an official mission from the Ottoman sultan, became shipwrecked just off the coast of the island; over 500 men died, and 69 were rescued and cared for by the people of the island until they were able to be sent home to Turkey. A monument and museum associated with the ''Ertuğrul'' tragedy stand on the island today.
The Kashinozaki lighthouse on Kii Ôshima, already standing at the time of the [[1890]] ''Ertuğrul'' shipwreck, was the first modern stone lighthouse in Japan, and the first to employ a revolving, flashing, beacon. It was erected in [[1870]], and was one of twenty-six such lighthouses in Japan designed by Scottish engineer Richard Brunton.
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==References==
*"[http://www.nippon.com/en/genre/politics/l00127/ The Sinking of the “Ertugrul”: Japan and Turkey Mark the 125th Anniversary of the Tragedy]," ''Nippon.com'', 2 Oct 2015.
[[Category:Geographical Locations]]
[[Category:Meiji Period]]
