Shiretoko National Park

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UNESCO World Heritage Site national park

Shiretoko National Park is a remote, UNESCO World Heritage–listed wilderness area on Japan’s Shiretoko Peninsula, renowned for its pristine forests, rugged coastline, rich wildlife, and drifting sea ice.

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Shiretoko World Natural Heritage Site 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
national park ⓘ
area approximately 386 square kilometers ⓘ
approximately 386,000,000 square meters ⓘ
climateInfluence Sea of Okhotsk drift ice ⓘ
contains Cape Puyuni ⓘ
Cape Shiretoko ⓘ
Furepe Falls ⓘ
Kamuiwakka Hot Falls ⓘ
Mount Iō (Shiretoko) ⓘ
Mount Rausu ⓘ
Mount Shiretoko ⓘ
Shiretoko Five Lakes ⓘ
Shiretoko Pass ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
ecosystemType boreal forest ⓘ
coastal marine ecosystem ⓘ
established 1964 ⓘ
governingBody Ministry of the Environment of Japan ⓘ
surface form: Ministry of the Environment (Japan)
IUCNCategory II ⓘ
knownFor Steller sea eagle ⓘ
surface form: Steller sea eagles

brown bear population ⓘ
drifting sea ice ⓘ
orcas ⓘ
pristine forests ⓘ
remote wilderness ⓘ
rich wildlife ⓘ
rugged coastline ⓘ
salmon runs ⓘ
white-tailed eagles ⓘ
languageOfToponym Ainu ⓘ
locatedIn Hokkaido NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nemuro Subprefecture ⓘ
Okhotsk Subprefecture ⓘ
Shiretoko Peninsula ⓘ
nearestTown Rausu ⓘ
Utoro ⓘ
overlooks Sea of Okhotsk ⓘ
partOf Shiretoko National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shiretoko World Natural Heritage Site
toponymMeaning end of the earth ⓘ
tourismActivity hiking ⓘ
hot spring bathing ⓘ
ice floe cruises ⓘ
wildlife watching ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCategory natural site ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ix) ⓘ
(x) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageDesignationYear 2005 ⓘ

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Hokkaido → hasNationalPark → Shiretoko National Park ⓘ
Shiretoko National Park → partOf → Shiretoko National Park self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shiretoko World Natural Heritage Site