Setonaikai National Park
Encyclopedia
is a national park
that covers the entire expanse of Japan
's Inland Sea. It was designated a national park in 1934. It contains about 3,000 islands. The well-known Itsukushima
Island lies within the park.
National park
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...
that covers the entire expanse of Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
's Inland Sea. It was designated a national park in 1934. It contains about 3,000 islands. The well-known Itsukushima
Itsukushima
is an island in the western part of the Inland Sea of Japan, located in the northwest of Hiroshima Bay. It is popularly known as , the Shrine Island. The island is one of . Itsukushima is part of the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture...
Island lies within the park.
External links
- http://www.env.go.jp/en/nature/nps/park/parks/index_7.html
- http://www.welcome-to.jp/nationalparks/Setonaikai.html
- http://www.biodic.go.jp/english/jpark/np/seto_e.html