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Oga Quasi-National Park
男鹿国定公園
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Mount Kanpū (355 m)
Map
LocationHonshū, Japan
Nearest cityOga, Akita Prefecture, Japan
Area81.56 km²
Established15 May 1973
Governing bodyAkita prefectural government [1]

Oga Quasi-National Park (男鹿国定公園, Oga Kokutei Kōen) is a quasi-national park on the Oga Peninsula, in Akita Prefecture, in far northwestern Japan. The park is wholly within the city of Oga.[2][3][4][5][6] It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN.[7]

The area was designated a quasi-national park on May 15, 1973.[8]

Like all quasi-national parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural government, in this case, that of Akita prefecture.[1]

See also

References

  • Sutherland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. The National Parks of Japan. Kodansha International (1995). ISBN 4-7700-1971-8
  1. ^ a b "National Park systems: Definition of National Parks". National Parks of Japan. Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
  2. ^ "栗駒/南三陸金華山/蔵王/男鹿". National Parks Association of Japan. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  3. ^ "List of Quasi-National Parks" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Natural Parks of Akita Prefecture" (PDF) (in Japanese). Akita Prefecture. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  5. ^ "男鹿国定公園". Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  6. ^ "男鹿国定公園". Akita Prefectural Tourism Federation. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  7. ^ World Database on Protected Areas. United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Center title=Oga http://www.mpaglobal.org/index.php?action=showMain&site_code=3249 title=Oga. Retrieved 2013-10-01. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Missing pipe in: |url= (help)
  8. ^ "List of Quasi-national Parks". Official Home Page of the Ministry of the Environment. Ministry of the Environment Government of Japan. 1994-03-31. Retrieved 2009-10-05.