“尖り頭”のエンルム岬とアポイ山麓の風景

日高地方、様似町の漁港東岸に有る海岸景観。「エンルム」はアイヌ語で「尖り頭」、地名に用いる際は一般に岬のことを指し、北海道各地に同名の岬が複数存在する。岬上は高台となっていて、アポイ岳を含む山麓、市街地全景が確認出来る。干潮時は南側に干潟が現れ、下から見上げると岩脈に節理模様が確認出来る。

Cape Enlum with its “Pointed Head” and the scenery at the foot of Mount Apoi

A coastal landscape on the eastern shore of a fishing port in the town of Samani, Hidaka Region. Enrum” is an Ainu word meaning “pointed head”, and there are several capes with the same name in various parts of Hokkaido. When it is used as a place name, it generally refers to a cape. The cape has a high plateau from which a panoramic view of the coast, including Mount Apoi, can be seen. At low tide, mudflats appear on the south side of the cape, and when looking up from below, the jointed patterns in the rock veins can be seen.