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Chōkai Quasi-National Park

Coordinates: 39°05′57″N 140°02′56″E / 39.09917°N 140.04889°E / 39.09917; 140.04889[1]
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Chōkai Quasi-National Park
鳥海国定公園
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Mount Chōkai (2,236 m)
Map showing the location of Chōkai Quasi-National Park
Map showing the location of Chōkai Quasi-National Park
Map of Japan
LocationTōhoku, Japan
Coordinates39°05′57″N 140°02′56″E / 39.09917°N 140.04889°E / 39.09917; 140.04889[1]
Area289.55 km2
Established24 July 1963
Governing bodyAkita Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan

Chōkai Quasi-National Park (鳥海国定公園, Chōkai Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park in Akita and Yamagata Prefectures, Japan.[2] Established in 1963, the park's central feature is the twin volcano of Mount Chōkai, although it also includes coastal areas of northern Yamagata and southern Akita Prefectures. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN.[3] The landscape of Kisakata (象潟), featured in Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi, was transformed by the uplift of land in an earthquake of 1804.[4][5][6][7]

Like all Quasi-National Parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural governments.[8]

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References

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  • Southerland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. The National Parks of Japan. Kodansha International (1995). ISBN 4-7700-1971-8
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  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Chokai Hanto". World Database on Protected Areas. United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Center. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
  4. ^ "鳥海/越後三山只見/水郷筑波/妙義荒船佐久高原". National Parks Association of Japan. Retrieved 29 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "List of Quasi-National Parks" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  6. ^ "鳥海国定公園". Akita Prefectural Tourism Federation. Archived from the original on 2 February 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  7. ^ "鳥海国定公園". Ministry of the Environment. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Natural Parks of Akita Prefecture" (PDF) (in Japanese). Akita Prefecture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2013. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  10. ^ "Natural Parks of Yamagata Prefecture" (PDF) (in Japanese). Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 29 February 2012.[permanent dead link]