Breheimen National Park, whose name means home of the glaciers, spans the municipalities of Skjak and Lom in Innlandet county and Luster in Vestland county, Norway, established in 2009 and covering about 1,671 square kilometers. It combines lush valleys long farmed by transhumance grazing with barren plateaus, high peaks and active glaciers shaped over hundreds of thousands of years by ice, avalanches and other geological processes, and is managed under IUCN Category II by the Directorate for Nature Management.
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Designation Category Established Year Area (sq km) Governing BodyDirectorate for Nature Management 1 IUCN Category Classification
Governance TypeGovernance by Government 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)Directorate for Nature Management 1 Sources
1. Breheimen National Park (Wikipedia)
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Breheimen National Park (Norwegian: Breheimen nasjonalpark) (lit. 'Home of The Glaciers') is a national park that was established in 2009.
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Breheimen National Park, whose name means home of the glaciers, spans the municipalities of Skjak and Lom in Innlandet county and Luster in Vestland county, Norway, established in 2009 and covering about 1,671 square kilometers.
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Directorate for Nature Management
View the Source2. Breheimen National Park (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation- Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
Wikidata item Q905433
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- Part Of: Norway, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
View the Source Wikidata: Breheimen National Park
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