Tsugaru Quasi-National Park

Tsugaru Quasi-National Park
津軽国定公園
IUCN Category V (Protected Landscape/Seascape)

coastal area near Cape Tappi, Tsugaru QNP
Location Honshū, Japan
Area 259.7 sq km
Established March 31, 1975
Governing body Aomori, prefectural governments [1]

Tsugaru Quasi-National Park (津軽国定公園 Tsugaru Kokutei Kōen?) is a quasi-national park in Aomori Prefecture in the far northern Tohoku region of Honshū in Japan. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN.[2] The park included a number of discontinuous areas on Tsugaru Peninsula, including the volcanic peaks of Mount Iwaki, a portion of the primeval Siebold's beech forests of Shirakami-Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cape Tappi and other coastal areas of northern Tsugaru Peninsula, and the wetlands of Juniko and Jusanko lakes and marshes.

[3]

The area was designated a quasi-national park on March 31, 1975.[4]

Like all quasi-national parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural government, in this case, that of Aomori prefecture.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "National Park systems: Definition of National Parks". National Parks of Japan. Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan. http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/system/teigi.html. Retrieved 2008-08-29. 
  2. ^ "Tsugaru". World Database on Protected Areas. United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Center. http://www.mpaglobal.org/index.php?action=showMain&site_code=3248. Retrieved 2009-10-05. 
  3. ^ "List of Quasi-national Parks". Official Home Page of the Ministry of the Environment. Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan. 1994-03-31. http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/parks_list.html#quasi. Retrieved 2009-10-05. 
  4. ^ http://www.mpaglobal.org/index.php?action=showRegulation&site_code=3248

Abashiri Quasi-National Park · Aichi Kōgen Quasi-National Park · Akan National Park · Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park · Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park · Aso Kujū National Park · Bandai-Asahi National Park · Chichibu Tama Kai National Park · Chūbu-Sangaku National Park · Daisen-Oki National Park · Daisetsuzan National Park · Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park · Hakusan National Park · Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park · Hidaka Sanmyaku-Erimo Quasi-National Park · Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park · Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park · Ise-Shima National Park · Jōshin'etsu Kōgen National Park · Kirishima-Yaku National Park · Kushiro Shitsugen National Park · Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park · Mikawa Wan Quasi-National Park · Minami Alps National Park · Minami Bōsō Quasi-National Park · Nikkō National Park · Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park · Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park · Ogasawara National Park · Ōnuma Quasi-National Park · Rikuchu Kaigan National Park · Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park · Saikai National Park · Sanin Kaigan National Park · Setonaikai National Park · Shikotsu-Tōya National Park · Shimokita Hanto Quasi-National Park · Shiretoko National Park · Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park · Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park · Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park · Towada-Hachimantai National Park · Tsugaru Quasi-National Park · Unzen-Amakusa National Park · Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park · Yoshino-Kumano National Park