Nomo Peninsula

The Nomo Peninsula in southern Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan is a peninsula extending 17 miles (27 km) south from the city center of downtown Nagasaki to Nomomachi on Kokudō 499.[1]

Nomo Hantō Prefectural Natural Park
野母半島県立自然公園
the Nomo Peninsula at the southern part of photo, with the larger Nishisonogi Peninsula to the North-West above it.
LocationNagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Area70.90 km²
Established13 October 1955

A large part of the peninsula is occupied by the Nomo Hantō Prefectural Natural Park (野母半島県立自然公園, Nomo Hantō kenritsu shizen kōen) which is a Prefectural Natural Park established in 1955.[2]

The southernmost tip of the peninsula ends at the village of Nomomachi, with Mt. Gongen park area on the western side and Wakimisaki-machi on the south-eastern point, from where Kaba Island is accessible by a permanent bridge.

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References

  1. John Paxton The Statesman’s Year-Book World Gazetteer -1991 Page 416 1349213829 "Pop. (1989E) Nomo Peninsula Kyushu, Japan. Peninsula extending 17 m. (27 km.) S from the Hizen Peninsula between the Amakusa Sea (E) and E China Sea. Chief town Nagasaki, at the base, on the W coast. "
  2. "Natural Parks of Nagasaki Prefecture". Nagasaki Prefecture. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.


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