Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park

Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park
Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park
能登半島国定公園
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
	Mitsukejima
	Noto Hanto Quasi-National Park in Japan
Location	Honshū, Japan
Nearest city	Wajima
Coordinates	37°31′44″N 137°19′35″E / 37.52889°N 137.32639°E
Area	9,672 hectares (37.34 sq mi)
Established	May 1, 1968
Governing body	Ishikawa and Toyama, prefectural governments

Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park (能登半島国定公園, Noto-hantō Kokutei Kōen) is a quasi-national park covering a portion of Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture and Toyama Prefecture in Japan. It is rated a protected landscape (category V) according to the IUCN.^[2]

Noto Peninsula (能登半島, Noto Hantō) in the northern half of Ishikawa Prefecture, extends about 100 kilometers into the Sea of Japan. The peninsula is known for its coastal scenery and rural atmosphere. The Quasi-National Park covers much of the coastline, one side of which faces Toyama Bay and other side of which faces the Sea of Japan.^[3]

The borders of the park span the municipalities of Nanao, Suzu, Wajima, Hakui, Anamizu, Noto, Shika, Hōdatsushimizu and Nakanoto in Ishikawa Prefecture and Toyama and Himi in Toyama Prefecture.

Like all Quasi-National Parks of Japan, Noto Hantō Quasi-National Park is managed by the local prefectural governments.^[1]

Amaharashi Coast
Rokkosaki Lighthouse
Cape Kongosaki
Chirihama Nagisa Driveway
Godzilla Rock

References

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

^ ^a ^b "National Park systems: Definition of National Parks". National Parks of Japan. Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan. Archived from the original on 2011-03-23. Retrieved 2008-08-29.
^ "Noto Hanto". World Database on Protected Areas. United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Center. Retrieved 2018-02-05.
^ "Notohanto in Japan". Protected Planet. Retrieved 3 February 2018.