Setonaikai National Park

Setonaikai National Park
瀬戸内海国立公園
Map showing the location of Setonaikai National Park
Map showing the location of Setonaikai National Park
Setonaikai National Park
Location of Setonaikai National Park
LocationSeto Inland Sea, Japan
Coordinates34°10′N 133°20′E / 34.167°N 133.333°E / 34.167; 133.333
Area669.34 km2 (258.43 sq mi)
EstablishedMarch 16, 1934
Governing bodyMinistry of the Environment (Japan)

Setonaikai National Park (瀬戸内海国立公園, Setonaikai Kokuritsu Kōen) is a Japanese national park, comprising areas of Japan's Seto Inland Sea, and of ten bordering prefectures. Designated a national park in 1934, it has since been expanded several times. It contains about 3,000 islands, known as the Setouchi Islands,[1] including the well-known Itsukushima. As the park encompasses many non-contiguous areas, and covers a tiny proportion of the Inland Sea's total extent, control and protection is problematic; much of the wider area is heavily industrialized.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Setouchi Islands". Japan National Tourism Organization. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Setonaikai National Park". Ministry of the Environment. Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2012.
  3. ^ Sutherland, Mary; Britton, Dorothy (1995). National Parks of Japan. Kodansha. pp. 125–7.