Kesennuma

{{Infobox settlement | name = Kesennuma | native_name = | official_name = | native_name_lang = ja | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Kesennnuma gyokou.jpg | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = Kesennuma Fishing Port | image_flag = Flag of Kesennuma Miyagi.svg | flag_alt = | image_seal = Emblem of Kesennuma, Miyagi.svg | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | image_blank_emblem = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture Ja.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Kesennuma in Miyagi Prefecture | pushpin_map = Japan | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = &nbsp; | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- for references: use The total area of the city is . Large sections of the city were destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and major fires on March 11, 2011.

==Geography== Kesennuma is in the far northeastern corner of Miyagi Prefecture. The city wraps around the western part of Kesennuma Bay and also includes the island of Ōshima. Its deeply indented rias coastline forms the southern boundary of the Sanriku Fukkō National Park, which stretches north to Aomori Prefecture.