Shikotsu-Tōya National Park
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Shikotsu-Tōya National Park | |
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支笏洞爺国立公園 | |
IUCN category II (national park)
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Lake Tōya (October 2007)
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Location of Shikotsu-Tōya National Park in Japan
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Location | Hokkaidō, Japan |
Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Area | 993.02 km² |
Established | May 16, 1949 |
Governing body | Ministry of the Environment |
Shikotsu-Tōya National Park (支笏洞爺国立公園 Shikotsu Tōya Kokuritsu Kōen?) is a national park in the western part of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan. Named after the volcanic caldera lakes of Lake Shikotsu and Lake Tōya, it has a total area of 993.02 square kilometers. The popular hot spring resort of Noboribetsu is also within the park.
It can be divided into roughly five areas:
- The Mount Yōtei area
- The area around Lake Tōya, Mount Usu and Shōwa-shinzan (Tōya Caldera and Usu Volcano Geopark)
- The area around the hot springs of Noboribetsu (登別?), Orofure Pass (オロフレ峠 Orofure-tōge?), and Lake Kuttara (倶多楽湖 Kuttara-ko?)
- The area around Lake Shikotsu (支笏湖 Shikotsu-ko?), Mount Tarumae (樽前山 Tarumae-zan?), and Mount Eniwa (恵庭岳 Eniwa-dake?)
- The area around Jōzan-kei (定山渓?), Toyohira Gorge (豊平峡 Toyohira-kyō?), and Nakayama Pass (中山峠 Nakayama-tōge?)
Notable features
At the foot of Mount Tarumae on the north-west side one can find the impressive moss-covered cavern or Koke-no-domon.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for [[Wikivoyage:Shikotsu-Toya_National_Park#Lua error in Module:Wikidata at line 863: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Shikotsu-Toya National Park]]. |
- Shikotsu-Toya National Park Biodiversity Center of Japan
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tōya Usu Geopark. |
- Tōya Usu Geopark (English, Japanese)
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