"Designation Criteria for Natural Monuments of Special Historic Sites and Special Places of Scenic Beauty and Natural Monuments of Historic Sites and Places of Scenic Beauty" are used to designate historic sites and places of scenic beauty as natural monuments to be protected.
史跡名勝天然記念物の指定基準として、『特別史跡名勝天然記念物及び史跡名勝天然記念物指定基準』がある。