Nomo Peninsula Explained

Nomo Hantō Prefectural Natural Park
Alt Name:	野母半島県立自然公園
Location:	Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
Area:	70.90 km^2
Established:	13 October 1955

The Nomo Peninsula in southern Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan is a peninsula extending 17 miles (27 km) south from the city center of downtown Nagasaki to Nomomachi on Kokudō 499.^[1]

A large part of the peninsula is occupied by the which is a Prefectural Natural Park established in 1955.^[2]

The southernmost tip of the peninsula ends at the village of Nomomachi, with Mt. Gongen park area on the western side and Wakimisaki-machi on the south-eastern point, from where Kabashima Island is accessible by a permanent bridge.

See also

• National Parks of Japan

Notes and References

1. John Paxton The Statesman’s Year-Book World Gazetteer -1991 Page 416 1349213829 "Pop. (1989E) Nomo Peninsula Kyushu, Japan. Peninsula extending 17 m. (27 km.) S from the Hizen Peninsula between the Amakusa Sea (E) and E China Sea. Chief town Nagasaki, at the base, on the W coast. "
2. Web site: Natural Parks of Nagasaki Prefecture . . 8 February 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120604060626/http://www.pref.nagasaki.jp/sizen/1-sizenkouen/sizen.html . 4 June 2012 .