Akkeshi-Kiritappu-Konbumori Quasi-National Park | |
Alt Name: | 厚岸霧多布昆布森国定公園 |
Map: | Japan |
Relief: | 1 |
Map Alt: | Location in Japan |
Location: | Hokkaidō, Japan |
Area: | 414.87km2 |
Established: | 30 March 2021 |
is a Quasi-National Park in eastern Hokkaidō, Japan. Established in 2021, the park spans the municipalities of Akkeshi, Hamanaka, Kushiro, and Shibecha.[1] It subsumes and replaces the former Akkeshi Prefectural Natural Park, established in 1955.[2] [3]
The park, which has a total designated area of, including a marine zone of, comprises three non-contiguous largely coastal areas, adjoining areas of lake, marsh, wetland, and forest, and several islands.[4] Prominent features include, from west to east, and,,, Daikoku Island (a Special Wildlife Protection Area, the seabird breeding grounds of which are a Natural Monument), Lake Akkeshi (a Special Wildlife Protection Area and part of the Akkeshi-ko and Bekambeushi-shitsugen Ramsar site),,,,, Kenbokki Island,, Kiritappu-shitsugen (a Special Wildlife Protection Area and Ramsar site, the peat-forming plant communities of which are a Natural Monument),, and .[4] [3]
Flora within the park include the Sakhalin fir, Erman's birch, Arctic iris, Sendai-hagi, Ezo-kanzō, and small cranberry; fauna, the Japanese crane, white-tailed eagle, Steller's sea eagle, whooper swan, Leach's storm petrel, and tufted puffin.[3]