Tsugaru Quasi-National Park
津軽国定公園
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
coastal area near Cape Tappi, Tsugaru QNP
LocationHonshū, Japan
Coordinates41°10′1″N 140°35′25″E / 41.16694°N 140.59028°E / 41.16694; 140.59028
Area259.7 km2 (100.3 sq mi)
Established31 March 1975
Governing bodyGovernment of Aomori Prefecture[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 Tōhoku region of Honshū in Japan. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN.[2] The park includes 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, 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 31 March 1975.[4] It spans the borders of the municipalities of Hirosaki, Goshogawara, Tsugaru, Imabetsu, Sotogahama, Ajigasawa, Fukaura, and Nakadomari.[5]

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

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References

  • Sutherland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. The National Parks of Japan. Kodansha International (1995). ISBN 4-7700-1971-8
  1. 1 2 "National Park systems: Definition of National Parks". National Parks of Japan. Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan. Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 29 August 2008.
  2. ↑ "Tsugaru". World Database on Protected Areas. United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Center. 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. 31 March 1994. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  4. ↑ http://www.mpaglobal.org/index.php?action=showRegulation&site_code=3248
  5. ↑ 津軽国定公園 [Tsugaru Quasi-National Park] (in Japanese). Aomori Prefecture. Retrieved 23 August 2012.


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