The Nomo Peninsula in southern Nagasaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan is a peninsula extending 17 miles (27 km) south from the city center of downtown Nagasaki to Nomomachi on Kokudō 499.John Paxton The Statesman’s Year-Book World Gazetteer -1991 Page 416 1349213829 "Pop. (1989E) Nomo Peninsula Kyushu, Japan. Peninsula extending 17 m. (27 km.) S from the Hizen Peninsula between the Amakusa Sea (E) and E China Sea. Chief town Nagasaki, at the base, on the W coast. "
A large part of the peninsula is occupied by the which is a Prefectural Natural Park established in 1955.
The southernmost tip of the peninsula ends at the village of Nomomachi, with Mt. Gongen park area on the western side and Wakimisaki-machi on the south-eastern point, from where Kabashima Island is accessible by a permanent bridge.
See also National Parks of Japan
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