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Nishi Chugoku Sanchi Quasi National Park

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Area
  
285.5 km²

Established
  
January 10, 1969

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Location
  
Shimane/Hiroshima/Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan

Nishi-Chūgoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park (西中国山地国定公園, Nishi-Chūgoku-sanchi Kokutei Kōen) is a Quasi-National Park in Shimane Prefecture, Hiroshima Prefecture, and Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It was founded on 10 January 1969 and has an area of 285.53 km2 (110.24 sq mi).

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Overview

There are many beautiful mountain and ravines including Mount Osorakan (恐羅漢山, Osorakan-zan), Mount Kanmuri (Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima) (吉和冠山, Yoshiwa Kanmuri-yama), Sandan ravine (三段峡, Sandan-kyō), Hikimi ravine (匹見峡, Hikimi-kyō) and Jakuchi ravine (寂地峡, Jakuchi-kyō).

There are virgin forests of Japanese beeches, Japanese oaks and Japanese horse chestnut.

There are Asiatic black bears, Japanese macaques, mountain hawk eagles and Japanese giant salamanders.

Mountains

  • Mount Osorakan 1,346 m (4,416 ft)
  • Mount Kanmuri (Mount Yoshiwa Kanmuri) 1,339 m (4,393 ft)
  • Mount Jakuchi 1,337 m (4,386 ft)
  • Mount Garyu 1,223 m (4,012 ft)
  • Mount Asa 1,218 m (3,996 ft)

    • Ravines

  • Sandan-kyō
  • Hikimi-kyō
  • Fukatani-kyō
  • Jakuchi-kyō
  • Souzu-kyō

    • References

    Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi Quasi-National Park Wikipedia
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