Tsugaru Quasi-National Park | |
Alt Name: | 津軽国定公園 |
Iucn Category: | V |
Location: | Honshū, Japan |
Coordinates: | 41.1669°N 140.5903°W |
Area Km2: | 259.7 |
Established: | 31 March 1975 |
Governing Body: | Government of Aomori Prefecture |
is a quasi-national park in Aomori Prefecture in the far northern Tōhoku region of Honshū in Japan. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN.[1] The park includes a number of discontinuous areas on Tsugaru Peninsula, including the volcanic peaks of Mount Iwaki, a portion of the primeval Siebold's beech forests of Shirakami-Sanchi UNESCO World Heritage Site, Cape Tappi, other coastal areas of northern Tsugaru Peninsula, and the wetlands of Juniko and Jusanko lakes and marshes.[2]
The area was designated a quasi-national park on 31 March 1975.[3] It spans the borders of the municipalities of Hirosaki, Goshogawara, Tsugaru, Imabetsu, Sotogahama, Ajigasawa, Fukaura, and Nakadomari.[4]
Like all quasi-national parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural government, in this case, that of Aomori Prefecture.[5]