Koshikishima Quasi-National Park

{{Short description|Quasi-national park in Koshikishima Islands, Kagoshima, Japan}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox Protected area

| name = Koshikishima Quasi-National Park

| alt_name = 甑島国定公園

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| photo = Kamikoshiki Island Nagame-no-hama 2013-08A.JPG

| photo_caption = Nagame-no-Hama on Kamikoshiki Island

| map = Japan

| map_caption = Map of Japan

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| location = Kagoshima, Japan

| nearest_city = Satsumasendai

| coordinates = {{coord|31.86|N|129.88|E|region:JP|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| area = {{Convert|307.35|km2|abbr=on}}

| established = 16 March 2015

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{{nihongo|Koshikishima Quasi-National Park|甑島国定公園|Koshikishima Kokutei Kōen}} is a Quasi-National Park in the Koshikijima Islands of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 2015 with a land area of {{Convert|54.47|km2|abbr=on}} alongside protected surrounding waters of {{Convert|252.88|km2|abbr=on}}. It subsumes the former Koshikijima Prefectural Natural Park, founded in 1981 with a land area of {{Convert|24.59|km2|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/ad04/kurashi-kankyo/kankyo/sizenkouen/kennai/koshiki.html |script-title=ja:甑島国定公園 |trans-title=Koshikishima Quasi-National Park |publisher=Kagoshima Prefecture |accessdate=12 August 2019 |archive-date=12 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812181827/http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/ad04/kurashi-kankyo/kankyo/sizenkouen/kennai/koshiki.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.env.go.jp/council/12nature/y120-26b/mat1_3.pdf |script-title=ja:甑島(こしきしま)国定公園の新規指定について |trans-title=About the New Designation of Koshikishima Quasi-National Park |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |accessdate=12 August 2019 |archive-date=22 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222091438/http://www.env.go.jp/council/12nature/y120-26b/mat1_3.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.city.satsumasendai.lg.jp/www/contents/1423124565658/index.html |script-title=ja:甑島国定公園が誕生しました! |trans-title=Koshikishima Quasi-National Park is Born! |publisher=Satsumasendai City |accessdate=12 August 2019 |archive-date=12 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812181827/https://www.city.satsumasendai.lg.jp/www/contents/1423124565658/index.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/ad04/kurashi-kankyo/kankyo/sizenkouen/kennai/koshiki.html |title=Koshikijima Prefectural Natural Park |publisher=Kagoshima Prefecture |accessdate=9 February 2012 |archive-date=24 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524200523/http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/ad04/kurashi-kankyo/kankyo/sizenkouen/kennai/koshiki.html |url-status=live }}

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