Forlandet National Park covers the island of Prins Karls Forland and its surrounding waters on the Svalbard archipelago, established by royal resolution on 1 June 1973. It protects 616 square kilometers of land and 4,031 square kilometers of sea, totaling about 4,647 square kilometers, and is recognized for hosting the world's most northerly range of seals and the world's most northerly population of common guillemot. Its Forlandsoyane Bird Sanctuary is a Ramsar-listed wetland and the whole park qualifies as an Important Bird Area for breeding barnacle geese, common eiders and black guillemots, and it also holds archaeological remains left by Norwegian and Russian hunters and whalers.
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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 International DesignationRamsar Site (Wetland of International Importance) 1 Governing Body
Governing Body (category)Directorate for Nature Management 1 Sources
1. Forlandet National Park (Wikipedia)
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Forlandet National Park lies on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.
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Forlandet National Park lies on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard. The park was created by a royal resolution on 1 June 1973 and covers the entire island of Prins Karls Forland and well as the sea around it.
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Its Forlandsoyane Bird Sanctuary is a Ramsar-listed wetland and the whole park qualifies as an Important Bird Area for breeding barnacle geese, common eiders and black guillemots, and it also holds archaeological remains left by Norwegian and Russian hunters and whalers.
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Directorate for Nature Management
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Directorate for Nature Management
View the Source2. Forlandet National Park (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation- Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
Wikidata item Q1437363
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- Part Of: Norway, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
View the Source Wikidata: Forlandet National Park
Wikidata Q1437363, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Wikidata: Norway
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