Zaō Quasi-National Park

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.^[3][4][5] It is rated a protected landscape (Category V) according to the IUCN.^[6]

Zaō Quasi-National Park
蔵王国定公園
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Mount Zaō
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Location	Tōhoku, Japan
Coordinates	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

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.^[7]

Related municipalities

• Miyagi: Kawasaki, Sendai, Shichikashuku, Shiroishi, Zaō^[8]
• Yamagata: Kaminoyama, Yamagata^[9]

See also

• National Parks of Japan

References

• Sutherland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. The National Parks of Japan. Kodansha International (1995). ISBN 4-7700-1971-8

1. "Zao Quasi National Park". protectedplanet.net.
2. "Zao Quasi National Park". protectedplanet.net.
3. "栗駒／南三陸金華山／蔵王／男鹿". National Parks Association of Japan. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
4. "List of Quasi-National Parks" (PDF). Ministry of the Environment. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
5. "Zaō Quasi-National Park". Miyagi Prefecture. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
6. "Zao Quasi National Park". protectedplanet.net.
7. "National Park systems: Definition of National Parks". National Parks of Japan. Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
8. "Designation of the Natural Parks of Miyagi Prefecture". Miyagi Prefecture. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
9. "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