Minami Sanriku Kinkasan Quasi-National Park

Minami Sanriku Kinkasan Quasi-National Park (南三陸金華山国定公園, Minami Sanriku Kinkasan Kokutei Kōen) was a Quasi-National Park on the Pacific coast of northern Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Established in 1979, the park extended along 180 km of the coast of southern Sanriku and encompassed Mount Kinka.^[1][2][3] On 31 March 2015, in the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the Park was incorporated into Sanriku Fukkō National Park.^[4]

Minami Sanriku Kinkasan Quasi-National Park
南三陸金華山国定公園
Kinkasan
Location	Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates	38°32′3″N 141°30′58″E
Area	139.02 km2
Established	30 March 1979

Related municipalities

• Ishinomaki, Kesennuma, Minamisanriku, Onagawa, Tome^[5]

See also

• National Parks of Japan

References

1. "栗駒／南三陸金華山／蔵王／男鹿". National Parks Association of Japan. Retrieved 5 February 2012.^{[permanent dead link]}
2. "List of Quasi-National Parks" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
3. "Minami Sanriku Kinkasan Quasi-National Park". Miyagi Prefecture. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
4. 三陸復興国立公園の公園区域の変更（南三陸金華山国定公園区域の編入）について [About the Change in Area of Sanriku Fukkō National Park] (Transfer of the Area of Minami Sanriku Kinkasan Quasi-National Park)] (in Japanese). Ministry of the Environment. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
5. "Designation of the Natural Parks of Miyagi Prefecture". Miyagi Prefecture. Archived from the original on 23 March 2011. Retrieved 5 February 2012.

External links

• (in Japanese) Map of the Natural Parks of Miyagi Prefecture
• (in Japanese) Detailed maps of the Natural Parks of Miyagi Prefecture