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{{Nihongo|'''Nakagusuku Bay'''|中城湾|Nakagusuku-wan|[[Okinawan language|Okinawan]]: ''Nakagushiku-widu''}} is a bay on the southern coast of [[Okinawa Island]] on the [[Pacific Ocean]] in [[Japan]]. The bay covers {{convert|220|km2}} and ranges between {{Convert|10|m}} to {{Convert|15|m}} deep.<ref name="d"/> The bay is surrounded by the municipalities of [[Uruma]], [[Kitanakagusuku, Okinawa|Kitanakagusuku]], [[Nakagusuku, Okinawa|Nakagusuku]], [[Nishihara, Okinawa|Nishihara]], [[Yonabaru, Okinawa|Yonabaru]], [[Nanjō]], all in [[Okinawa Prefecture]]. In 1852, while visiting the [[Ryukyu Kingdom]], [[Commodore Matthew Perry]] mapped Okinawa and labeled Nakagusuku Bay as "Perry's Bay". During the final months of [[World War II]], the bay became a [[U.S. Navy]] forward base, and was nicknamed "Buckner Bay".