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Eastern Hokkaidō: Shiretoko Peninsula

知床

しれとこ Shiretoko

The Shiretoko mountain range divides the peninsula between Shari and Rausu. The World Heritage nomination document derives Shiretoko from sir.etok, “the end of the land”.

Ainu spellings: sir-etok

Analyses

sir-etok

シリエトク

received reading

The end of the land

Proponent: 知床世界遺産推薦書

The nomination document writes the Ainu form as sir.etok.

環境省知床歴史と開発 p. 50, 3b「歴史と開発」
Analysis details
Confidence: medium

The reading describes the land ending at the peninsula.

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