Tsugaru Quasi-National Park

Tsugaru Quasi-National Park
Tsugaru Quasi-National Park
	津軽国定公園
	IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
	284px coastal area near Cape Tappi, Tsugaru QNP
Location	Honshū, Japan
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Area	259.7 sq km
Established	March 31, 1975
Governing body	Aomori, prefectural governments

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] 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]

References

Sutherland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. The National Parks of Japan. Kodansha International (1995). ISBN 4-7700-1971-8

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