Zaō Quasi-National Park

Coordinates: 38°05′28″N 140°26′24″E / 38.091°N 140.44°E^[1]

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Zaō Quasi-National Park
蔵王国定公園
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Mount Zaō
Zaō Quasi-National Park Show map of Miyagi Prefecture Zaō Quasi-National Park (Japan) Show map of Japan
Location	Tōhoku, Japan
Coordinates	38°05′28″N 140°26′24″E / 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

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.^[2]^[3]^[4] It is rated a protected landscape (Category V) according to the IUCN.^[5]

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.^[6]

Related municipalities

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Miyagi: Kawasaki, Sendai, Shichikashuku, Shiroishi, Zaō^[7]
Yamagata: Kaminoyama, Yamagata^[8]

References

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

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

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Media related to Zao Quasi-National Park at Wikimedia Commons
(in Japanese) Map of Zaō Quasi-National Park

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