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JP051Rikuzen Enoshima islets
Site Description
Coastline
The site is composed of Enoshima, where people are living, about 14km off shore of Onagawa Port in Miyagi Prefecture and several uninhabited islets around it.
These islets are called Enoshima Archipelago (which includes Futamata Islet, the nearest islet to the mainland, off shore of Hirashima, Enoshima, Ashijima and northern Kasagaijima). Very few environmental changes by human have been made because these islets, except Enoshima, are uninhabited ones. The original natural vegetation has almost been lost in Enoshima, while in other islets natural vegetation has been maintained. Starting from the rocky shore on the coast towards high places, the vegetation varies from the grasslands of Graminae and Reynoutria sachalinensis to the forests of Camellia japonica and Pinus thunbergii. Temperate trees cover high places of the islets.
Area & Coordinates
55ha 38°24′N 141°36′E
region: Tohoku
Category
A4i
Designation Type
National Monument, Wildlife Protection Area (Local)
Protection Status
Protected
Conservation issues
- Aquaculture/fisheries
- Consequences of animal/plants/ introductions
Birds
Breeding resident
Larus crassirostris, Phalacrocorax capillatus, Falco peregrinus, Pandion haliaetus, Motacilla alba, Hypsipetes amaurotis, Cettia diphone, Zosterops japonicus, Corvus corone
Breeding visitor
Calonectris leucomelas, Oceanodroma leucorhoa, Nycticorax nycticorax, Apus pacificus, Monticola solitarius,
Winter visitor
Phalacrocorax pelagicus, Melanitta nigra, Histrionicus histrionicus, Haliaeetus pelagicus, Haliaeetus albicilla, , Synthliboramphus antiquus
Image
©TAKEMARU Katsuo
