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Kosterhavet National Park

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Kosterhavet National Park is Sweden's first national marine park, inaugurated in September 2009 in Stromstad and Tanum municipalities in Bohuslan, Vastra Gotaland County. Part of the Skagerrak sea, it protects the waters and shores around the Koster Islands, excluding the islands themselves, and borders the Norwegian marine park of Ytre Hvaler to the north. The park covers about 389 square kilometres and is home to Sweden's largest seal colony along with several thousand identified marine species.

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Marine 1
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Environmental Protection Agency 1
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1. Kosterhavet National Park (Wikipedia)
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  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm marine
    Kosterhavet National Park (Swedish: Kosterhavets nationalpark, literally The Koster Sea National Park) is the first national marine park in Sweden, inaugurated in September 2009.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Environmental Protection Agency
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Environmental Protection Agency
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