Zaō Quasi-National Park
38°05′28″N 140°26′24″E / 38.091°N 140.44°E / 38.091; 140.44[1]Area 396.35 km2 (153.03 sq mi) Established 8 August 1963 Governing body Miyagi Prefecture and Yamagata Prefecture National Parks Quasi-National Parks
Zaō Quasi-National Park (蔵王国定公園, Zaō Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park that extends in the Ōu Mountains between Miyagi and Yamagata Prefectures, Japan. Established in 1963, the central feature of the park is Mount Zaō.[2][3][4] It is rated a protected landscape (Category V) according to the IUCN.[5]
Like all quasi-national parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural governments, in this case, that of Yamagata and Miyagi prefectures.[6]
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References
- Sutherland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. The National Parks of Japan. Kodansha International (1995). ISBN 4-7700-1971-8
- ^ "Zao Quasi National Park". protectedplanet.net.
- ^ "栗駒/南三陸金華山/蔵王/男鹿". National Parks Association of Japan. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "List of Quasi-National Parks" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "Zaō Quasi-National Park". Miyagi Prefecture. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "Zao Quasi National Park". protectedplanet.net.
- ^ "National Park systems: Definition of National Parks". National Parks of Japan. Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
- ^ "Designation of the Natural Parks of Miyagi Prefecture". Miyagi Prefecture. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
- ^ "Natural Parks of Yamagata Prefecture" (PDF). Yamagata Prefecture. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
External links
- Media related to Zao Quasi-National Park at Wikimedia Commons
- (in Japanese) Map of Zaō Quasi-National Park
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