Sjunkhatten National Park is a national park in Nordland county, Norway, established on February 5, 2010, and covering about 417 square kilometers across the municipalities of Bodo, Fauske and Sorfold on a peninsula between the Sorfolda and Saltfjorden fjords. Its glacier-carved landscape combines jagged and rounded peaks with extensive karst cave systems and the freshwater lake Heggmovatnet, supporting boreal birch forest, alpine tundra and fifteen red-listed species including white-tailed eagles, gyrfalcons and Eurasian lynx. Archaeological finds show human settlement in the area going back 8,000 to 9,000 years, and Sami reindeer herding and pastoral traditions continue in the landscape today.
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