Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park Explained

Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park
Alt Name:	越前加賀海岸国定公園
Iucn Category:	V
Map:	Japan
Relief:	1
Location:	Fukui/Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates:	36.2439°N 136.2067°W
Area:	9246ha
Established:	1 May 1968

is a Quasi-National Park on the coast of Fukui and Ishikawa Prefectures, Japan. The park was established in 1968.^{[1] [2]} It is rated a protected landscape (category Ib) according to the IUCN.^[3] Like all Quasi-National Parks in Japan, Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park is managed by the local prefectural governments.^[4]

Sites of interest

The park consists of several discontinuous locations, which include:

• ,, Tōjinbō^{[5] [6]}

Related municipalities

• Fukui: Awara, Echizen, Fukui, Minamiechizen, Sakai, Tsuruga^[5]
• Ishikawa: Kaga

See also

• National Parks of Japan

References

• Southerland, Mary and Britton, Dorothy. The National Parks of Japan. Kodansha International (1995).

Notes and References

1. Web site: 能登半島／越前加賀海岸／若狭湾／八ヶ岳中信高原 . Natural Parks Foundation . 4 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717082625/http://www.npaj.or.jp/parks/quasi-np/06.html#q23 . 17 July 2011 . dead .
2. Web site: List of Quasi-National Parks . . 4 February 2012.
3. Web site: Echizen-Kaga Kaigan. World Database on Protected Areas. United Nations Environment Programme, World Conservation Monitoring Center. 2009-10-05. 3 May 2013. https://archive.today/20130503070744/http://www.mpaglobal.org/index.php?action=showMain&site_code=3253. dead.
4. Web site: National Park systems: Definition of National Parks. National Parks of Japan. Ministry of the Environment of the Government of Japan. 2008-08-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20110323131611/https://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/system/teigi.html. 2011-03-23. dead.
5. Web site: Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park . . 4 February 2012.
6. Web site: Echizen-Kaga Kaigan Quasi-National Park . . 4 February 2012.