Nakagusuku Bay

Awase Mudflat at Nakagusuku Bay

Nakagusuku Bay (中城湾, Nakagusuku-wan^?) is a bay off the southern coast of Okinawa Island in Japan, at 26°13′N 127°52′E / 26.217°N 127.867°E / 26.217; 127.867Coordinates: 26°13′N 127°52′E / 26.217°N 127.867°E / 26.217; 127.867.

American soldiers nicknamed the bay Buckner Bay, after General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr.^{[citation needed]}

There is a free trade zone located here, of 122 hectares, which will be connected with Naha Airport and Naha Port by an under bay tunnel due to be complete in 2011.^[1]

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