Chōkai Quasi-National Park | |
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鳥海国定公園 | |
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
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Japan | |
Location | Tōhoku, Japan |
Coordinates | 39°05′57″N 140°02′56″E / 39.09917°N 140.04889°E [1] |
Area | 289.55 km2 |
Established | 24 July 1963 |
Governing body | Akita Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan |
Chōkai Quasi-National Park (鳥海国定公園, Chōkai Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park in Akita and Yamagata Prefectures, Japan. [2] Established in 1963, the park's central feature is the twin volcano of Mount Chōkai, although it also includes coastal areas of northern Yamagata and southern Akita Prefectures. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN. [3] The landscape of Kisakata ( 象潟), featured in Bashō's Oku no Hosomichi, was transformed by the uplift of land in an earthquake of 1804. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Like all Quasi-National Parks in Japan, the park is managed by the local prefectural governments. [8]