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Site of the Ertugrul crash

The museum opens up in the back to an outlook onto these cliffs. A plaque stands on the railing explaining to guests that this is the location of the shipwreck that brought the Turkish sailors, and later this museum, to Oshima.

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Monnier - Photo 29
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Site of 1890 crash of Turkish ship Ertugrul. Oshima, Wakayama. Spring 2009. More »


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