Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park

Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park
ニセコ積丹小樽海岸国定公園
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Location of Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park in Japan
Location	Hokkaidō, Japan
Nearest city	Furubira, Iwanai, Kamoenai, Kutchan, Kyōwa, Niseko, Otaru, Rankoshi, Shakotan, Tomari, Yoichi
Coordinates	42°53′28″N 140°33′6″E / 42.89111°N 140.55167°E / 42.89111; 140.55167Coordinates: 42°53′28″N 140°33′6″E / 42.89111°N 140.55167°E / 42.89111; 140.55167
Area	190.09 square kilometres (73.39 sq mi) [1]
Established	July 24, 1963[1]

Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park (ニセコ積丹小樽海岸国定公園, Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Kokutei Kōen^?) is a quasi-national park in the Shiribeshi Subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan.^[1] On the coast of the Sea of Japan, there is a Marine Protected Area^[2] covering the west and north coast of Shakotan peninsula from Kamoenai to Otaru. The park also protects the area around the Mount Raiden and Niseko Volcanic Groups.^[3][4] Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park was established in 1963.^[5]

According to the World Database on Protected Areas, this park protects the following species:^[3]

• Prunus sargentii, a species of cherry tree
• Carcinactis ichikawai, a species of sea anemone
• Carcharodon carcharias, a species of shark
• Aptocyclus ventricosus, a species of lumpsucker
• Haliclyctus tenuis, species of true jellyfish
• Finella sp., a species of mollusk

See also [edit]

• List of national parks of Japan

External links [edit]

• ニセコ積丹小樽海岸国定公園 (Japanese), Japan Integrated Biodiversity Information System. Ministry of the Environment of Japan.

References [edit]

v t e National parks of Japan (Commons) Abashiri Quasi-National Park Aichi Kōgen Quasi-National Park Akan National Park Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park Ashizuri-Uwakai National Park Aso Kujū National Park Bandai-Asahi National Park Chichibu Tama Kai National Park Chūbu-Sangaku National Park Daisen-Oki National Park Daisetsuzan National Park Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park Hakusan National Park Hiba-Dogo-Taishaku Quasi-National Park Hidaka-sanmyaku Erimo Quasi-National Park Hyōnosen-Ushiroyama-Nagisan Quasi-National Park Iriomote-Ishigaki National Park Ise-Shima National Park Jōshin'etsu Kōgen National Park Kirishima-Yaku National Park Kushiro Shitsugen National Park Meiji no Mori Takao Quasi-National Park Mikawa Wan Quasi-National Park Minami Alps National Park Minami Bōsō Quasi-National Park Nikkō National Park Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park Ogasawara National Park Ōnuma Quasi-National Park Rikuchu Kaigan National Park Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park Saikai National Park Sanin Kaigan National Park Setonaikai National Park Shikotsu-Tōya National Park Shimokita Hanto Quasi-National Park Shiretoko National Park Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park Tanzawa-Ōyama Quasi-National Park Tenryū-Okumikawa Quasi-National Park Towada-Hachimantai National Park Tsugaru Quasi-National Park Unzen-Amakusa National Park Yakushima National Park Yatsugatake-Chūshin Kōgen Quasi-National Park Yoshino-Kumano National Park

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