Chōkai Quasi-National Park

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]

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

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

See also

References
  • Southerland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. The National Parks of Japan. Kodansha International (1995). ISBN 4-7700-1971-8
  1. http://www.peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/japan.html
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  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.
  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.


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