Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park spans Innlandet, Trøndelag and More og Romsdal counties in Norway, established on 3 May 2002 as a larger successor to the original 1974 Dovrefjell National Park. Its 1,693 square kilometers of the Dovrefjell and Sunndalsfjella mountain ranges rise to Snohetta at 2,286 meters and protect a largely untouched mountain landscape that shelters wild reindeer, wolverines, musk oxen introduced in 1947, and birds of prey such as golden eagles and gyrfalcons, along with plant life dating from before the last ice age. Eight adjacent landscape protection areas and two biotope reserves extend the wider protected complex to 4,366 square kilometers, managed jointly with eight municipalities and four counties.
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Governing Body (category)Norwegian national park board (nasjonalparkstyre) 1 Sources
1. Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park (Wikipedia)
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Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park (Norwegian: Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella nasjonalpark) is a National Park in Norway.
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is a National Park in Norway
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was established in 2002 to replace and enlarge the former Dovrefjell National Park which had been established in 1974.
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Dovrefjell nasjonalparkstyre (Dovrefjell National Park Board)
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It was established in 2002 to replace and enlarge the former Dovrefjell National Park which had been established in 1974. The park occupies 1,693 square kilometres (654 sq mi) and encompasses areas in three Norwegian counties: Innlandet, Trøndelag, and Møre og Romsdal and includes large parts of the mountain range of Dovrefjell along with the Sunndalsfjella mountains.
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Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park (Norwegian: Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella nasjonalpark) is a National Park in Norway.
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