Bōsō Peninsula

Bōsō Peninsula, Japanese Bōsō-hantō, peninsula, coextensive with Chiba ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan. It extends for 81 miles (130 km) into the Pacific Ocean, enclosing Tokyo Bay on the west. The Bōsō Peninsula has a maximum width of 66 miles (106 km) and is marked by low hills that decrease in height from southeast (330 feet [100 m]) to northwest (98 feet [30 m]) and that are dissected by wide valleys. The coastal plain of Kujūkuri stretches along the Pacific in the northeast, and the floodplain of the lower Tone River constitutes the peninsula’s northern border.